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Cooly

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coo·lie also coo·ly  (kl)
n. pl. coo·lies Offensive
An unskilled Asian laborer.
[Hindi qul, laborer, perhaps ultimately from Kul, a tribe in Gujarat.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Coolycooly - (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
coolie
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language
Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia


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Another start, and another halt; for the Snow children came shrieking up to demand the three kittens that Pokey was cooly carrying off in a travelling bag.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Each time, when he came to the surface, turning his head this way and that, he cooly surveyed the water and the land, and apparently chose his course so that he might come up where there was the widest expanse of water and at the greatest distance from the boat.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
She has been drinking,' thought the Jew, cooly, 'or perhaps she is only miserable.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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