cully
noun
a dupe.
cullies
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pluralof cully.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
