- a variation of coolie.
cooly
Americannoun
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coolies
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Sam Worsley, in at 10 for MacGinty, missed a drop goal, while opposite number Ford cooly nailed his own at the other end, to stretch Sale's lead to 20 points.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
The U.S. reacted cooly to the suggestion and Pompeo shortly thereafter pointedly did not meet with any Turkish government officials on a visit to Istanbul.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2020
"Some women, it is said, like to cook," author Peg Bracken cooly observed in the introduction to her 1960 bestseller.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2020
The lone sympathetic figure in “The Hunt” is a cool, preternaturally capable blonde nicknamed Snowball, cooly played by Betty Gilpin with studied ennui and a monotonal Mississippi accent.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2020
When a lion charged their party, it was Marcela who leveled her gun and cooly shot the animal.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
The rivalry extends to online merchandise stores, where you can buy an America250 foam roller hat for $35.99, or a set of Freedom 250 coolies for $18, among other gear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
I would like to make the savory pecan coolies, but I am quite confused about the amount of flour listed.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
Behind them, in the snow, trailed 10,000 coolies, 7,000 mules, 4,000 yaks and 6 camels.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2010
Hoa Binh was important because it straddles Route Coloniale No. 12, along which Chinese coolies had sneaked loads of ammunition from Red China to Communist guerrillas in southern Indo-China.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly Lin Nai-Nai nudged me and pointed to the Bund which as usual was lined with rickshas parked on both sides of the street, but there were no coolies with the rickshas.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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