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单词 coolie
释义 coolie
 /kooh"lee/, n. Offensive.
  1. an unskilled laborer, esp. formerly in China and India.
  2. an unskilled laborer employed cheaply, esp. one brought from Asia.
  adj.  
  3.  Informal.   characteristic of or suitable for a coolie: working for coolie wages.
 Also, cooly.
 [1545-55; < Urdu kuli < Tamil kuli hire, hireling]
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