Explore Coolies through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Coolies meaning
plural of coolie
Using Coolies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of coolie
Context around Coolies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coolies
- In this selection, "coolies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, china and performed stand out and add context to how "coolies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include carried by coolies but now and in china coolies performed rickshaw. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coolies" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coolies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In China, coolies performed rickshaw pulling. (6 words)
His grandparents were part of the Indian populace Britain had impoverished to serve as “coolies” of the Empire. (18 words)
Generally, she earns enough to feed herself by sweeping spillages of goods that are carried by coolies, but now there is nothing to clean. (24 words)
Most immigrants were illiterate peasants and manual labourers, called " coolies " by analogy to the same pattern of immigration from India, who emigrated to work in countries such as the Americas, Australia, South Africa and Southeast Asia. (36 words)
Generally, she earns enough to feed herself by sweeping spillages of goods that are carried by coolies, but now there is nothing to clean. (24 words)
His grandparents were part of the Indian populace Britain had impoverished to serve as “coolies” of the Empire. (18 words)
Example sentences (4)
His grandparents were part of the Indian populace Britain had impoverished to serve as “coolies” of the Empire.
Generally, she earns enough to feed herself by sweeping spillages of goods that are carried by coolies, but now there is nothing to clean.
In China, coolies performed rickshaw pulling.
Most immigrants were illiterate peasants and manual labourers, called " coolies " by analogy to the same pattern of immigration from India, who emigrated to work in countries such as the Americas, Australia, South Africa and Southeast Asia.