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orderlies

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. Orderlies . (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service. Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace. --Macaulay. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of orderly English)

Usage examples of orderlies.

And then, too, there were the Orderlies, three of them, so much alike and each with that peculiar slash of white in his hair, who ruled over them like stern older brothers.

He was denounced by the Orderlies for various offenses and spent hours with the Psychologist Physician.

He began standing up to the Orderlies, talking back, openly obstreperous.

The next night, he found that the Orderlies had placed the guard dogs around it, and their fierce barking kept him away.

One time, when they were watching a TV show about the Second World War, a spy entered the plot and the Orderlies turned the program off without explanation.

Skyler could visualize them, the Orderlies holding thick leather leashes, and the hounds straining and sniffing the ground ahead.

Maybe they'd reached the swamp's edge and the Orderlies wouldn't let them go on.

He also told about the Orderlies and about Kuta and his own special education in his shack and his growing doubts and fears.

If they do, they're tracked down by guys who are called Orderlies, who use bloodhounds.

Jude explained that he was on the lookout for the Orderlies, and he made Skyler promise to let him know the minute he spotted one.

He tossed back and forth in the delirium of nightmares: he was back on the island, pursued by the Orderlies and the dogs.

And anyway, with these Orderlies and God knew who else after them, probably the safest place to be right now was the FBI Building.

He told about the night when Skyler had left the island, how he had heard a gang of Elders and Orderlies coming from the Big House and had run out to hide just as they arrived, pausing only to grab his trumpet.

With the Orderlies leaning against him, the threesome walked unsteadily but purposefully, like a trio of drunks.

He noted that the Orderlies were breathing heavily, and for the second time he felt a secret pleasure at their weakness.