Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dooly-bearer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: dooly-bear-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed as a carrier of a dooly.

Example Sentences

"There was a flickering of lanterns about the camp that night, and a rumor that brought men out of their cots to the tent doors, a paddling of the naked feet of doolie-bearers and the rush of a galloping horse."

Inflected Forms

dooly-bearers (plural)

Questions

What does dooly-bearer mean?: A person employed as a carrier of a dooly.

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