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Coolie

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coolynounMisspelling of coolly. [At a moderately low temperature.]

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coolynounAlternative spelling of coolie. [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.]
rickshanounAlternative form of rickshaw. [A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.]
coolinounAlternative spelling of coolie. [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.]
koelienoun(South Africa) Alternative spelling of coolie. [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.]
qulinounArchaic spelling of coolie. [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.]
coasternoun(by extension) A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
cookeenoun(archaic) A female cook.
coconutnounA fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
totynoun(India, obsolete) A low-caste laborer hired as a messenger etc.
light porternounA type of porter ale lighter in color than the typical dark porter.
ah nehnoun(Singapore, colloquial, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Indian man, especially a migrant worker.
hummalnoun(India, archaic) A porter.
coopernoun(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation of cooper.
commienoun(derogatory, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
houseboynoun(chiefly historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times.
water carriernoun(usually historical) A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
cokernounThe industrial plant in which coke is manufactured
cold cooknoun(slang) An undertaker.
coagienoun(slang, derogatory) A coarse or lower-class person from Dundee.
white monkeynoun(countable, often derogatory, offensive) In China and other Asian countries, a (usually white) foreigner or immigrant hired solely on the basis of their race, usually for work involving advertising such as modelling or acting.

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