noun Dooly n. (pl. doolies) (Written also doolee and doolie) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. (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."
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