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Noun Concept

Categories: Articles with short description, Agricultural labor, Colonialism, Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States, Personal care and service occupations

coolie cooly Cooli coolie labor coolie trade

(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer WordNet 3.0

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(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Coolie is a pejorative term used for low-wage labourers, typically those of Indian or Chinese descent. Wikipedia

Historical term for indentured labourers and a contemporary racial slur. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Labourer from Asia Wikidata

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. Wiktionary

Unskilled Asian worker. Wiktionary (translation)

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Asian

manual worker

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Nordisk familjebok

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

USAGE DOMAIN

disparagement

ethnic slur

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

coolie, cooly