coolie

noun

coo·lie ˈkü-lē

usually offensive

: an unskilled laborer or porter usually in or from the Far East hired for low or subsistence wages

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Hindi & Urdu qulī

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coolie was in 1622

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