GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Cully (k?ll?), n.; pl. Cullies (-lz). [Abbrev. fr. cullion.] A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.

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    I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess. Addison.

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    Cully, 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.

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