Associations to the word «Coolie»
Noun
- Labourer
- Laborer
- Babu
- Opium
- Baggage
- Overseer
- Rupee
- Chinese
- Sahib
- Anand
- Plantation
- Guiana
- Mauritius
- Sedan
- Planter
- Luggage
- Bullock
- Dandy
- Vat
- Bertha
- Pony
- Bedding
- Sweating
- Trade
- Macau
- Odyssey
- Bungalow
- Wilbur
- Caste
- Gail
- Bearer
- Nigger
- Trinidad
- Turban
- Hung
- Raja
- Chung
- Tamil
- Bahadur
- Immigrant
- Peru
- Load
- Slack
- Shovel
- Labour
- Basket
- Labor
- Mines
- Hat
- Immigration
- Peasant
- Cuba
- Negroes
- Villager
- Wage
- Mandarin
- Tow
- Elephant
- Cart
- Fu
- Foreigner
- Sumatra
- Bale
- Diaspora
- African
- Moran
- Merchant
- Singapore
- Calcutta
- Tea
- Protectorate
- Apprenticeship
- Jungle
- Merchandise
- Nan
- Kashmir
- Caribbean
- Burden
- Slavery
- Prostitute
- European
- Gang
- Coloni
- Convict
- Tailor
Wiktionary
COOLIE, noun. (offensive) (slang) 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.
COOLIE, noun. (offensive) (slang) (Trinidad) (West Indies) (Guyana and parts of Africa) A person of Indian descent.
Dictionary definition
COOLIE, noun. (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.