The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dooly \Doo"ly\, n.; pl. Doolies. [Skr. d[=o]la.] A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. [Written also doolee and doolie.] [East Indies]
Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung
on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and
boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent.
--J. D.
Hooker.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 4499
Land area (2000): 392.878703 sq. miles (1017.551127 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.188904 sq. miles (10.849212 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 397.067607 sq. miles (1028.400339 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.160150 N, 83.793948 W
Headwords:
Dooly, GA
Dooly County
Dooly County, GA
Wikipedia
Dooly may refer to:
- Dooly (character), the main character from Dooly the Baby Dinosaur
- Dooly County, Georgia
- Dooly Southern Railway, a defunct railway in Georgia, USA
Usage examples of "dooly".
Dooly, addled and waving one hand while pointing with the other, seemed to see something amazing down among the leaves and branches.
After a minute or so of such foolery, Miles plucked the four axolotls out and handed them to Dooly, who was rather at a loss over what to do with them.
He called after Dooly and retrieved the axolotls, and then with a last farewell, stepped ashore and disappeared around the ruined boathouse.
Poor Dooly thought he was abandoned there in the river and lost no time in clambering up the side of the raft back onto the deck.
Jonathan waited in expectation for the Beddlington Ape to come clambering in with Dooly under one arm and Gosset under the other.
A continuous stream of doolies and stretchers commenced to flow from the fighting line.
At the head of the column of doolies and stretchers were the bodies of the killed, each tied with cords upon a mule.
The more serious cases are carried in doolies or litters, protected from the sun by white curtains, and borne by four natives.
The infantry escort is disposed along the line with every precaution that can be suggested, but the danger of an attack upon the long straggling string of doolies and animals in difficult and broken ground is a very real and terrible one.
Dooly, who was moving off with two whining couples hardelled in his fists.
Dooly said that as far as he knew, there was a land among the Wonderful Isles where loaves of cinnamon bread sprouted from trees, and where a man might toss out all the crusts in the world without worrying about wasting food.
In between eating, he scowled at Piedar Dooly who, in between serving, scowled at the bleached and resurrected ollave, blazing with undeserved riches that would have dazzled the Pope, who lay on his back before the jumping wood fire, his tabard off, his head sunk in a cushion, juggling absently, over and over, one-handed, with a crown and some testons.
The two on the dock felt their hearts sink as Dooly, out of breath, lurched up and looked with amazement at the empty dockside.
Dooly aad Ahab disappeared up the stairs, off to see what foolishness Monroe was up to.
He called after Dooly and retrieved the axolotls, and then with a last farewell, stepped ashore and disappeared around the ruined boathouse.