Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of litter used in India and the neighboring countries, inferior to the palkee or palanquin, but also lighter, and used on long journeys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun East Indies A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A kind of
litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; apalanquin .
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Examples
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Another tedious fanboy review ..in a tech blog? what need do apple people have of tech blogs? remember its all so so easy and its all about user experience, remember? you turn it on and it does everything you ever wanted, cos its just so cooly dooly to be in bed with jobsy
How Microsoft beat Apple to the Mac App Store by four years - and then dumped it 2011
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Hymserf, munchaowl, maden, born of thug tribe into brood blackmail, dooly redecant allbigenesis henesies.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Having your shirt forceably lifted in public by a two year-old while he calls out “dooly! dooly!”
clamped 2006
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"Dimminy-dooly-tibbly-tok, " said Bets, and gave him a sudden smile.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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Major Moody, who commanded the rear companies, that a wounded officer was lying in a dooly a hundred yards up the road, without any escort.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Winston S. Churchill 1919
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Moody issued an order, and a dozen soldiers under a corporal started to look for the dooly.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Winston S. Churchill 1919
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A prayer prayed proper, and prayed by them as ain't plaguein 'the Lord constant about their souls an' other diseases, is always dooly regarded.
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"Justice of the peace," he said proudly, "dooly signed and registered in Dartmouth County, Mass."
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Bill Adams being on duty in the sick-bay, there wasn 'no difficulty in sewin' up a dummy in Eli's place; an 'the dummy, sir, nex' day we dooly committed to the deep, Cap'n Crang hisself readin 'the service.
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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His dooly was a very magnificent affair, made of wood, with gilt hangings all round it, and a gilt top, which could be put over it in wet weather.
My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny 1891
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