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stooly

stooly is the alternative spelling of stoolie.

Meaning of stoolie

Noun

stoolie (plural stoolies)

  1. (slang) A stool pigeon.
    • 'Two top operatives flying down tonight. Time to get co-operation from the Police. I'll tell 'em to get their stoolies working in Tampa. This isn't only a St Petersburg job. Bye now.'1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 151

Forms of stooly

pluralstoolies

Origin of stooly

From stool + -y.

Words that rhyme with stooly

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Questions about stooly

What is stooly the alternative spelling of?
Stooly is the alternative spelling of stoolie.

Words near stooly in the dictionary

  1. stoollike
  2. stoolmaking
  3. stools
  4. stools of easement
  5. stools of repentance
  6. stooly
  7. stoom
  8. stoomed
  9. stooming
  10. stooms
  11. stooop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stooly (page history and authors); stoolie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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