coolie

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Synonyms: moolie, hoolie, cookie, cootie, collie, goolie, toolie, coole, doolie, woolie, coorie

Antonyms: moolie, hoolie, cookie, cootie, collie, goolie, toolie, coole, doolie, woolie, coorie

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Noun

1. An [[unskilled]] [[Asian]] [[worker]], usually of [[Chinese]] or [[Indian]] descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as [[indenture]]d labourers.
2. {{lb|en|Trinidad|West Indies|Guyana|Jamaica|Fiji|South Africa|_|and other parts of Africa|ethnic slur}} An [[Indian]] or a person of Indian descent.

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