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Coolie : (noun)
1: an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer [syn: cooly]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Coolie : \Coo"lie\, n.
Same as Cooly.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cooly \Coo"ly\,Coolie : \Coo"lie\, n.; pl. Coolies. [Hind.
k?l[=i] a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k?l, ky?leh, slave.]
An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from
the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other
country.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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