dooly

[ doo-lee ]

noun,plural doo·lies.

Origin of dooly

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

We hev bin dooly subjoogated some time, and a waitin for this.
Swingin Round the Cirkle. | Petroleum V. Nasby
He is by them placed in a dooly and so dispatched to hospital.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
Then it was that from her dooly the pale, emaciated form emerged.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
As a wit, dooly never had an equal in the State, and there might now be written a volume of his social and judicial wit.
The Memories of Fifty Years | William H. Sparks
May I inquire, Colonel dooly, what use you have for a gum in the matter we have met to settle?
The Memories of Fifty Years | William H. Sparks

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