quli

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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

nounquli (plural qulis)

plural qulis

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of coolie.

    The qulis guided us by instinct, stumbling on through alternating blackness and evilly glaring light.

    1961, Henry Gibbs, The Hills of India
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Chicago

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