gull
noun
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
had gulled
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past perfectof gull.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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If an old New England town-crier cried false reports, he would be placed in a ducking stool, soused again and again to the applause of those whom he had gulled.
From Time Magazine Archive
It remained vividly a very hateful thing—the smile of the man who had gulled her.
From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
The more he thought of the full extent to which the embezzler had gulled him for the past week, the more he raged.
From The Winning Clue by James Hay
This was a Mrs. Borrodaile, whom "Madame" had gulled by declaring that Lord Ranelagh's one desire was to share his coronet with her.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
The brook had gulled out the bank a piece under one eend o' the plank, so's she was liable to tilt ye sideways if you wasn't careful.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
