Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Cooly
Coo′ly, Coo′lie, n.; pl. Coolies (#). [Hind. kūlī a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. kūl, kyūleh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.