coolies

[koo-lee]

coo·lie

[koo-lee]
noun Offensive.
1.
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
2.
an unskilled laborer employed cheaply, especially one brought from Asia.
adjective
3.
Informal. characteristic of or suitable for a coolie: working for coolie wages.

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Coolies is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Also, cooly.


Origin:
1545–55; < Urdu kūlī < Tamil kūli hire, hireling
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coo·ly

[koo-lee] noun, plural coo·lies., adjective
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