Doli

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of dolus form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter”). India, alt-of, alternative, historical

    "This is a very miserable conveyance, used by the middling rank of native men; but has been improved, by Europeans, into the Doli for conveying the sick, by lengthening it so as to admit the passenger to lie at length."

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"This is a very miserable conveyance, used by the middling rank of native men; but has been improved, by Europeans, into the Doli for conveying the sick, by lengthening it so as to admit the passenger to lie at length."

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