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Definition of "kuli" []

  • In southern India, hire; wages. Also spelled culy. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "kuli" in a sentence
  • "In the California that Judah P. Benjamin helped bring into the Union canals that made the Sacramento Valley a global agricultural power were dug by semi-slave indentured Chinese kuli labor."
  • "Benjamin helped bring into the Union canals that made the Sacramento Valley a global agricultural power were dug by semi-slave indentured Chinese kuli labor."
  • ""He [Ortner] is a bit of an egoist, too, in his work and there have already been a few incidents which showed me that I had to look out or he would use me as a well-qualified kuli, [which would be] most comfortable for him.""