cully

See also: Cully

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Short for cullion?

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkʌli/
  • Rhymes: -ʌli

Noun

cully (plural cullies)

  1. (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.
  2. (slang) A companion.

Verb

cully (third-person singular simple present cullies, present participle cullying, simple past and past participle cullied)

  1. To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
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