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cully

noun
/ˈkʌli/UK

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Colla (“descendant of Colla”), a personal name of unknown origin.

  1. derived from Ó Colla

Definitions

  1. A person who is easily tricked or imposed on

    A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.

    • Yet the rich Cullies may their boaſting ſpare; / They purchaſe but ſophiſticated VVare.
    • I have learned that […] I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess.
    • One [attitude] was a fascination with street-walkers and courtesans as self-confident entrepreneurs, able to outwit their simple cullies.

  2. A companion.

  3. A male client of a prostitute

    A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.

    • 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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

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

    2. A surname from Irish.

The neighborhood

Derived

cullyism

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA