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   coolie

   /ˈkuːli/

   noun

   • 1. an unskilled native labourer in India, China, and some other Asian countries.
   • ▪ a person from South or East Asia.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Hindi and Telugu kūlī ‘day labourer’, probably associated with Urdu ḳulī ‘slave’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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