doolie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doolie
Origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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By Christmas vacation in 1960, the doolie class of 772 had been reduced by 123, including 75 who quit because they abhorred the academy.
From Time Magazine Archive
By Christmas vacation in 1961, the doolie class of 802 had lost 61 men, including only 32 who left out of distaste.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world is When a "doolie," a first-year man at the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bourke's doolie is very good, but liable to get out of order, and difficult to repair when broken; the ordinary kind is fairly good and serviceable.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts
O'Hara pitched Tim into the doolie, none too tinder, but all the bhoys kep' by their cots, which was not the sign av innocint men.
From Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling
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