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Coolie

noun
1.
(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer.  Synonym: cooly.





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"Coolie" Quotes from Famous Books



... hostess—or the opposite. It is already decided for him, by the laws of etiquette. For the guest at the formal dinner must accord every respect and honor to his host and hostess not in the servile manner of the coolie towards the mandarin, of course—but in the captivating and charming manner that bespeaks the ...
— Book of Etiquette • Lillian Eichler
... is a long process at Labuan, first, because the ship lies so far from the shore, and next, because of the insufficiency of convenient boats, and the necessary coolie labour to put the coal on board, thus it took us two whole days to get in as many hundred tons. By the evening of the 14th however, we had cleared the islands, and shaped course for Manilla against ...
— In Eastern Seas - The Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 • J. J. Smith


Words linked to "Coolie" :   depreciation, Asiatic, Asian, ethnic slur, derogation, cooly, disparagement


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