coolie
/ˈkuːli
/noun (plural coolies)
1 dated or offensive An unskilled native labourer in India, China, and some other Asian countries.It is a convenient toilet for coolies and labourers....
- The only other option that they have is to find work in neighbouring towns as coolies in construction or other types of unskilled labour.
- Surely nobody is counting all those construction workers and coolies that are crowding the place all over.
1.1 offensive A person from South or East Asia.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Hindi and Telugu kūlī 'day labourer', probably associated with Urdu ḳulī 'slave'.
Rhymes
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- Rhyncosaurus
- rhyodacite
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