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Coolie Christmas

Coolie Christmas proper noun: muharram.

Proper noun

Coolie Christmas

  1. (South Africa, dated, offensive) Muharram
    • This is "Coolie Christmas," as it is popularly called here. Natal has over sixty thousand immigrants from India, and if we can believe our ears, it would seem that a good share of them have been beating tom-toms day and night for the last two weeks.1902, Rev. Frederick B. Bridgman, “Durban — Its Fakirs and Its Christians”, in The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad, volume 98, page 348
  2. (South Africa, dated, offensive) Diwali

Questions about Coolie Christmas

What does Coolie Christmas mean?
Coolie Christmas means muharram.
What part of speech is Coolie Christmas?
Coolie Christmas is a proper noun.

Words near Coolie Christmas in the dictionary

  1. Coolidge tube
  2. Coolidge tubes
  3. Coolidgean
  4. Coolidgian
  5. coolie
  6. Coolie Christmas
  7. coolie hat
  8. coolie hats
  9. coolie orange
  10. coolie oranges
  11. coolieism

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