cully

American  

[kuhl-ee] / ˈkʌl i /

noun

• cullies
  plural

1. Archaic. a dupe.

2. Slang. fellow; companion.

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verb (used with object)

cullied, cullying

1. to trick; cheat; dupe.

cully British  

/ ˈkʌlɪ /

noun

1. slang pal; mate

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cullies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of cully

First recorded in 1655–65; perhaps shortening of cullion

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Example Sentences

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cully cullies cullied

The cully freely blotted the scrip, and tipt me forty hogs; the man freely signed the bond, and gave me forty shillings.—Scrip is also a Change Alley phrase for the last loan or subscription.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Thus, "Hi, cully, what's on?" to which comes in answer, "Hunki dori."

From As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home by Henry Pearson Gratton

"Take my advice, cully, and weigh quick!" he counseled, looking the Arab over and making sure the unfortunate had not been too much hurt.

From Told in the East by Talbot Mundy

"Now then, cully, just you be careful 'ow you dust that there 'orse; 'e's a delicate piece, 'e is, and 'e shows the slightest scratch."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

Gaming finds a man a cully, and leaves him a knave.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827 by Various

For a change we meant to rum-pad a baronet, and I flatter myself we made as dashing a trio of cullies as any gentlemen of the heath among them all.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis

A very Rascal, Sir, and a most dangerous Fellow—he cullies in your Prentices and Cashiers to play—which ruins so many o'th' young Fry i'th' City— Sir Cau.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers

There's a dozen 'r more of the cullies down-along got their notice to fade away when I got mine, and they'd jump at th' chance to get back at the bosses.

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde

Lord! with what monstrous lies and senseless shams Have we been cullied all along at Sam's!

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

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