cully
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
/ˈkʌli/(UK)
Definition of cully
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic)A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
“Yet the rich Cullies may their boaſting ſpare; / They purchaſe but ſophiſticated VVare.”
“I have learned that […] I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess.”
“One [attitude] was a fascination with street-walkers and courtesans as self-confident entrepreneurs, able to outwit their simple cullies.”
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noun
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(archaic)A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
“Yet the rich Cullies may their boaſting ſpare; / They purchaſe but ſophiſticated VVare.”
“I have learned that […] I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess.”
“One [attitude] was a fascination with street-walkers and courtesans as self-confident entrepreneurs, able to outwit their simple cullies.”
- (slang)A companion.
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(archaic, historical)A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.
“The assumption tends to be the opposite: Whores constantly seek sexual encounters to fulfill their burning desires and also sometimes manage to wheedle gold out of their cullies.”
verb
- To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
name
- A surname from Irish.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Uncertain. Short for cullion? Compare Irish cuallaí (“companion”)
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