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Webster 1913 Edition
Cully
Cul′ly
(k?l′l?)
, Noun.
pl.
Cullies
(-l[GREEK]z)
. [Abbrev. fr.
cullion
.] A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
I have learned that . . . I am not the first
cully
whom she has passed upon for a countess. Addison.
Cul′ly
,Verb.
T.
To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.
“Tricks to cully fools.” Pomfret.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cully
CULLY
,Noun.
CULLY
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
cully
cully
English
Noun
cully (plural cullies)
- (now rare) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
- Addison
- I have learned that […] I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 158:
- One [attitude] was a fascination with street-walkers and and courtesans as self-confident entrepreneurs, able to outwit their simple cullies.
- Addison
- (slang) A companion.
Verb
cully (third-person singular simple present cullies, present participle cullying, simple past and past participle cullied)