Definition of Doolee

1. a stretcher for the sick or wounded [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doolee

doojiggers
dook
dooked
dooket
dookets
dookie hole
dookie holes
dooking
dooks
dooky
dool
doolally
doolally tap
doole
doolee (current term)
doolees
dooles
doolie
doolies
dools
dooly
doom
doom-and-gloom
doom-and-gloomer
doom-and-gloomers
doom and gloom
doom metal
doom palm
doomage

Literary usage of Doolee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1893)
"3, the father of the plaintiffs, is still alive ; and it is alleged on the part of the defendant, doolee Chund, that this suit has been brought by the ..."

2. Narrative of the mutinies in Oude by George Hutchinson (1859)
"The soldier said he would not allow the doolee to pass without seeing the hands and feet of those inside. This was an anxious and critical moment, ..."

3. The Calcutta Christian Observer (1833)
"Should she go to the hospital in a doolee, where she would be taken care of? ... Sent for the doolee and forcibly put her thereon, and they took her awav. ..."

4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"During this interval the “doolee,” or sedan chair, which is to convey the bride to ... As soon as the “doolee” with the bride is carried out, there is great ..."

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