What's the difference between dooly and palanquin?
Dooly
Definition:
(n.) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
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Palanquin
Definition:
(n.) An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Riding in a golden palanquin, he was escorted by a mile-long procession from his palace on the outskirts of the city to the Potala Palace, where the ceremony was held.
(2) In 2010 George Osborne's palanquin was borne aloft by a host of imaginary porters, now vanished, one by one.