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dooly

[doo-lee] / ˈdu li /
NOUN
stretcher
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"Justice of the peace," he said proudly, "dooly signed and registered in Dartmouth County, Mass."

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

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 Farnol, Jeffery

He had got out of his dooly, undressed and bareheaded as he was, and leaped into the saddle, as the syce had been leading his horse near him.

From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by Forbes-Mitchell, William

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 Forbes-Mitchell, William

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 Forbes, Archibald




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