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cully |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cully \Cul"ly\, v. t. [See {Cully},n., and cf D. kullen to cheat, gull.] To trick, cheat, or impose on to deceive. ``Tricks to cully fools.'' --Pomfret. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cully \Cul"ly\ (k?l"l?), n.; pl {Cullies} (-l?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.
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