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Example sentences for: coolie

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bandanna, bangle, banyan, bungalow, cheetah, chintz, chit, chop, chutney, coolie, copra, cot, cowrie, cummerbund, cushy, deodar, dinghy, dungaree, gong, gunny, guru, jungle, khaki, krait, loot, pajamas, punch, pundit, puttee, seersucker, shampoo, swami, thug, toddy, tom-tom, topee, veranda
The lucrative tin mines of Kuala Lumpur in the State of Selangor, of Sungai Ujong in Negeri Sembilan, and of Larut and Taiping in Perak were run for the Malay rulers by Chinese managers providing coolie labor.
Tom Waits' first album in six years, which ditches the junkyard noise experimentation of his previous releases for a blues approach, gets passable reviews from Rolling Sone and Spin . "Waits seems to have peaked as a songwriter with 1985's Rain Dogs ," writes Ben Ratliff, "and he's still writing outtakes from that record" ( Rolling Stone ). Spin 's Sarah Vowell says, "Waits' coolie raps often feel a little fake, like he's working at having a good time."
Australian pidgin acquired a second negative, borak , used as an alternative to baal or in a figurative sense for humbug, nonsense, or rubbish, from Wathawurung, whence came also an exclamation merrygig well done and coolie , a derogatory term for a person who partnered an Aboriginal woman.
"It is blatantly exploitative, smacks of the 'coolie culture,' and is a terrible affront to human dignity.