dooly
noun
(in India) a simple litter, often used to transport sick or wounded persons.
doolies
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pluralof dooly.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As they picked their way down the line of duffel bags, foot lockers, skis, banjos, rifles and packs, the "doolies,"* i.e., plebes, had to halt before passing an upperclassman to ask "By your leave, sir."
From Time Magazine Archive
For the first time, doolies regularly visit faculty homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upperclassmen used to bait doolies all weekend; now doolies may close their doors if they want to be alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The academy is not letting doolies off scot-free.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those hundred doolies went up without the slightest suspicion, and they were ranged around the governor's house.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
