cully

See also: Cully

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Short for cullion? Compare Irish cuallaí (companion)

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkʌli/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌli

Noun

cully (plural cullies)

  1. (archaic) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
  2. (slang) A companion.
  3. (historical, archaic) A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.
    • 2006, Laura J. Rosenthal, Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture, Cornell University Press, page 2.
      The assumption tends to be the opposite: Whores constantly seek sexual encounters to fulfill their burning desires and also sometimes manage to wheedle gold out of their cullies.

Verb

cully (third-person singular simple present cullies, present participle cullying, simple past and past participle cullied)

  1. To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
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