coolies

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A form of coolie — 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 indentured labourers.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of coolie
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