"lukong" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Probably from Cantonese 勞工 /劳工 (lou⁴ gung¹).",
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          "ref": "1869 May 18, The Hongkong Daily Press, The suspicious lukongs, page 3:",
          "text": "The lukongs, No. 33 and 27 were again brought up charged with the robbery of 500 cash.",
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          "ref": "1900 September 14, China Mail, The Charge against Lukongs, page 2:",
          "text": "The charge against two lukongs of assaulting a coolie to the danger of his life, on the 21st ult., has been remanded for another week.",
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          "ref": "1908 February 20, The Hongkong Daily Press, page 2:",
          "text": "The woman is alleged to have given him a saucy answer, whereupon the lukong caught hold of her by the jacket.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1909 December 20, Hongkong Weekly Press, page 523:",
          "text": "A lukong was then placed before the Court on a charge of aiding and abetting the youth.",
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          "ref": "1927 September 22, The Hongkong Daily Press, page 5:",
          "text": "The other five lukongs, who were in plain clothes, were taken to the Police Station, and on a search being made, several hundereds of dollars were found in their joint possession.",
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          "text": "The charge against two lukongs of assaulting a coolie to the danger of his life, on the 21st ult., has been remanded for another week.",
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          "text": "A lukong was then placed before the Court on a charge of aiding and abetting the youth.",
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          "text": "The other five lukongs, who were in plain clothes, were taken to the Police Station, and on a search being made, several hundereds of dollars were found in their joint possession.",
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