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ˈkʌl icul·ly
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Wiktionary
cullynoun
A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
cullynoun
A companion.
cullyverb
To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CULLYnoun
A man deceived or imposed upon; as, by sharpers or a strumpet.
Etymology: coglione, Ital. a fool.
Why should you, whose mother wits
Are furnish’d with all perquisits,
B’ allow’d to put all tricks upon
Our cully sex, and we use none? Hudibras, p. iii.Yet the rich cullies may their boasting spare:
They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden.He takes it in mighty dudgeon, because I won’t let him make me over by deed as his lawful cully. Arbuthnot.
To Cullyverb
To befool; to cheat; to trick; to deceive; to impose upon.
Etymology: from the noun.
Webster Dictionary
Cullynoun
a person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull
Cullynoun
to trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive
Etymology: [See Cully,n., and cf. D. kullen to cheat, gull.]
Wikidata
Cully
Cully is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, it was the capital of the district of Lavaux until 2006 when it became part of the district of Lavaux-Oron. It lies on Lake Geneva. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cully
kul′i, n. a mean dupe.—v.t. to deceive meanly:—pa.p. cull′ied.—ns. Cull, a dupe; Cull′yism, state of being a cully. [Prob. a contr. of Cullion.]
Etymology and Origins
Cully
A slang term applied to a man, mate, or companion. Its origin is the Romany cuddy, from the Persian gudda, an ass.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CULLY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cully is ranked #20019 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cully surname appeared 1,337 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cully.
80.4% or 1,076 total occurrences were White.
8.4% or 113 total occurrences were Black.
5.2% or 70 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
2.8% or 38 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.3% or 32 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.6% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cully in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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