Dictionary entry

Cooly

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Coo″ly, Coo″lie } (?), n.; pl.Coolies (#). [Hind. k�lī a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k�l, ky�leh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.