dhooly
Americannoun
plural
dhooliesExample Sentences
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“Then you will lend us a dhooly for this man, and people to carry him?”
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
Watch him, doctor, and he must take to the dhooly again if he cannot bear it.
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
An hour and a half later, just as the shadows of evening were drawing in, a party of Sikhs put in an appearance, bringing with them a dhooly, in which they placed the injured man.
From My Strangest Case by Boothby, Guy
In effect the doctor and the men with the dhooly came back just then.
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
“No, sahib, I am here,” came from the interior of the dhooly, out of which Dost stepped as the men set it down.
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
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