Associations to the word «Coolie»
Noun
- China
- Mule
- Indies
- Shout
- Thirst
- Broker
- Native
- Import
- Worker
- Pepper
- Rice
- Slave
- Thousand
- Hindi
- Cotton
- Hire
- Hut
- Indian
- Pole
- Southeast
- Clean
- Exploitation
- Coffin
- Camel
- Porter
- Carry
- Ox
- Sugar
- Carriage
- Contract
- Tent
- Trader
- Famine
- Pant
- Trouser
- Insult
- Hong
- Steamer
- Sailor
- Cargo
- Hundred
- Levy
- Advance
- Chair
- Estate
- Kong
- Asian
- Pay
- Uniform
- Jacket
- Pickering
- Yankee
- Bag
- Employer
- Coat
- Stick
- Supply
- India
- Rope
- Crowd
- Servant
- Hurry
- Cultivation
- Anti
- Sullivan
- Gilbert
- Pig
Adjective
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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.