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cullion

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[kuhl-yuhn] / ˈkʌl yən /

noun

Archaic.

  1. a base or vile fellow.

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 Art, Mr. S. Mr. of

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