boolies

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boolies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. Boolies. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow
     + giolla boy.]
     A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering
     from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on
     their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain
     pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
     [Obs.] [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.]
     --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]