dooly
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And this epistle wuz dooly signed, his John × Morrissey, M.C. mark.
From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Thomas Nast
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
Dr Sir,—Yrs, into which you ask me to send you sum leadin incidents in my life so you can write my Bogfry for the papers, cum dooly to hand.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 7: Miscellaneous by Artemus Ward
Sergeant Paton, of my company, picked him up, and put him into an empty dooly which was passing.
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by William Forbes-Mitchell
Daddy came to himself just as the men were lifting him into a dooly.
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by William Forbes-Mitchell
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
To each of those doolies were eight bearers; in the palanquins were their arms, hidden from view.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
