cullion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cullion
1350–1400; Middle English culyon, coil ( i ) on < Anglo-French, Middle French coillon worthless fellow, literally, testicle < Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, accusative of *cōleō, for Latin cōleī (plural) testicles, scrotum
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It was that crafty cullion Hodge, my Gammer Gurton's man.
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art
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