Sahibs smoke them, sepoys smoke them, drivers and followers smoke them, and the tomo coolies smoke nothing else. |
He had quite a train of coolies with him, carrying himself and his baggage through the dense forests. |
The people are poor, and work in the city of Mymensingh as coolies, rickshaw pullers and day labourers. |
For example, when in 1885 Hong Kong workers refused to unload a French warship, their action spread to coolies, boatmen, and rickshaw pullers. |
I wanted to correct the impression that Indians there were only coolies and ayahs. |
Many of the rickshaw pullers and coolies are proud that their children are going to school, in spite of being so poor. |