of Coolie
Source: Webster's dictionaryTwo Chinese coolies were arguing heatedly in the midst of a crowd. A stranger expressed surprise that no blows were being struck. His Chinese friend replied: "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." Franklin D. Roosevelt
This is not Kashan where the heap comes with the coolies. Persian Proverb
As published on IACM Macau government publication "Footprints of Painter Gao Jianhu" 1848–1870s: Slave trade From 1848 to about the early 1870s, Macau was the infamous transit port of a trade of coolies (or slave labourers) from southern China. Source: Internet
In China, coolies performed rickshaw pulling. Source: Internet
The first time seven Coolies were locked up; the second, six Coolies." Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet