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
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