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coolie noun- a loner; a person who refuses to join a gang US
- The concept of the coolie is common to all the street gangs. The coolie is a boy who does not belong to a street club. — Harrison E. Salisbury, The Shook-up Generation, p. 29, 1958
- Coolies don’t swing with the gang. They are out and by themselves alone. — Warren Miller, The Cool World, p. 9, 1959
- Coolies is something like whores, you know. Can’t stop nothing because they all alone in the world. — Sara Harris, The Lords of Hell, p. 128, 1967
- a hip, street-smart person US
- “I hear you 104th Street coolies are supposed to have heart,” I said. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 49, 1967
- a cigarette to which crack cocaine has been added US
- — Terry Williams, Crackhouse, p. 147, 1992
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 293, 2003
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