dooly

American  

[doo-lee] / ˈdu li /

Or doolie,

noun

• doolies
  plural

1. (in India) a simple litter, often used to transport sick or wounded persons.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• doolies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dooly

First recorded in 1615–25, dooly is from the Hindi word ḍōlī litter

Example Sentences

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dooly doolies

"Justice of the peace," he said proudly, "dooly signed and registered in Dartmouth County, Mass."

From The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell

Show ’em a good scarecrow or tatty dooly, as the Scotch folk call it, and they’d think it was what they call a bunyip.”

From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by J. B. Greene

Well, considering you was both so hungry, you ain't neither of you eaten dooly of this stoo as was fit for any king.

From Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

He sickened two days before the evacuation of the Residency and died on the morning of the 24th of November in his dooly in a tent of the camp at the Dilkoosha.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes

Moody issued an order, and a dozen soldiers under a corporal started to look for the dooly.

From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill

For the first time, doolies regularly visit faculty homes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Here the whole river reach became choked with animals and doolies.

From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Walter Paget