The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boolies
Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. Boolies. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow
+ giolla boy.]
A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering
from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on
their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain
pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
boolies
n. (plural of booly English)
Usage examples of "boolies".
The Boolies had hit them, Brossling said, but the assault hadn't been as bad as expected.
The Condaros, like the Boolies, were mostly imaginary of course, represented by T'swa veterans, survivors of retired regiments, pretending to be non-T'swa.