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doolie

American  
[doo-lee] / ˈdu li /

noun

Slang.
  1. a first-year cadet in the U.S. Air Force Academy.


Etymology

Origin of doolie

Origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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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

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

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 Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

They had never seen a doolie, but in default of better they were employed.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund