COOLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cooly mean? 

• COOLY (noun)
  The noun COOLY has 1 sense:

1. (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

  Familiarity information: COOLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

coolie; cooly

Hypernyms ("cooly" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)

 Context examples 

Yes, the coolies used to do some squealing towards the end.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)