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| coo·lie [ klee ] (plural coo·lies) |
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1. in South Asia, China, and parts of East and Southeast Asia, an offensive term for a local man hired cheaply to do manual labor
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2. an offensive term for somebody brought to the United States from China during the 19th century to construct railroads
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3. an offensive term for an employee who is treated as merely one of many unworthy of concern
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| [Mid-17th century. < Hindi kūlī] |
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