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cullion
[ kuhl-yuhn ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a base or vile fellow.
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Origin of cullion1
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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