cully
see also: Cully
Pronunciation
Cully
Proper noun
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see also: Cully
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈkʌli/
cully (plural cullies)
- (now rare) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
- I have learned that […] I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 158:
- One [attitude] was a fascination with street-walkers and courtesans as self-confident entrepreneurs, able to outwit their simple cullies.
- (slang) A companion.
- (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.
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- 2006, Laura J. Rosenthal, Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture, Cornell University Press, page 2.
cully (cullies, present participle cullying; past and past participle cullied)
Cully
Proper noun
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