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

Etymology

Origin of cully

First recorded in 1655–65; perhaps shortening of cullion

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cully cullies cullied

Duck cully and lice," he sang boldly, and then followed in a doubtful, hesitating quaver: "I—think—sausage.

From We of the Never-Never by Gunn, Jeannie

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 Grose, Francis

"What sort of eyesight have you got, cully?" the gambler asked, holding up three cards with their faces outwards, so that the newcomer might see them.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert

But the single word which survives in the family recollection is a dissyllable, the word for milk, which was cully.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

Nothing is more thrilling, thought he, than to be treated as a cully by the person you hold in the hollow of your hand.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

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 Summers, Montague

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 Lynde, Francis

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 Travis, Stuart

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 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron