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Meaning of DOOLY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Doo"ly\, n.; pl. {Doolies}. [Skr. d?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.
 
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