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English Dictionary: cooly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cooly
n
  1. (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
    Synonym(s): coolie, cooly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cooly \Coo"ly\, Coolie \Coo"lie\, n.; pl. {Coolies}. [Hind.
      k[?]l[c6] a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k[?]l, ky[?]leh,
      slave.]
      An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from
      the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other
      country.
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