What does coolie mean

What does coolie mean in Jamaican?

Jamaican Mar 07, 2017. coolie means load carrier but its a derogatory term used to describe people of indian descent, because after slavery blacks didnt wan’t to work on plantations so they brought in the indians.

What does the Italian word coolie mean?

Coolie. Another word for your buttocks. Its used as short for a slang Spanish and Italian term, “culo”, spelled “coolie” referring to the buttocks.

What does coolie mean in China?

A coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a term for a low-wage labourer, typically of South Asian or East Asian descent.

What does a coolie do?

coolie, (from Hindi Kuli, an aboriginal tribal name, or from Tamil kuli, “wages”), in usually pejorative European usage, an unskilled labourer or porter usually in or from the Far East hired for low or subsistence wages.