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Hoolie vs Coolie - What's the difference?

hoolie | coolie |

As nouns the difference between hoolie and coolie

is that hoolie is (slang) a hooligan while coolie is (offensive|slang) an unskilled asian worker, usually of chinese or indian descent; a labourer; a porter coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

hoolie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A hooligan.

    • coolie

    English

    (wikipedia coolie)

    Alternative forms

    * cooly, kuli, quli, koelie, etc.

    Noun

    (coolies)
  • (offensive, slang) An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
  • A person of Indian descent.

    • Derived terms

    * coolie orange

    References

    * Yule, Henry and Burnell, A. C. (1886): Hobson-Jobson The Anglo-Indian Dictionary . Reprint: Ware, Hertfordshire. Wordsworth Editions Limited. 1996. * Le grand dictionnaire Ricci de la langue chinoise , (2001), Vol. III, p. 833. English terms derived from Hindi English terms derived from Urdu