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Definition of Doylies
1. doyly [n] - See also: doyly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doylies
Literary usage of Doylies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry: From the Year by Mary Berry (1865)
"The doylies told me of her danger two days ago. I am sorry for her; I knew her
a little before she went to Ireland, by seeing her often with my niece Lady ..."
2. Treasures of Use and Beauty: An Epitome of the Choicest Gems of Wisdom by G. W. Mack (1883)
"doylies come in different shades of linen, fringed, and on each may be ...
The finger doylies may have designs of ferns, grasses, butterflies and wild ..."
3. Travels Through the Crimea, Turkey, and Egypt by James Webster (1830)
"Some doylies, with armorial bearings, were admirably done. He employs forty workmen.
The looms in his manufactory are all made from his own idea. ..."
4. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Statistics of the State of Minnesota by Minnesota Bureau of Statistics (1893)
"... Mrs Montant, Hamline 1.00 Cushions; toilet, with bottles, Miss Allie Ballard, St.
Paul 1.00 Cushions, toilet, Mrs. ON Dunham, St. Paul .60 doylies ..."
5. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"A well - appointed table nowadays is not complete without its various tray-cloths,
doylies, and centre pieces. There are carving cloths and plate ..."
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