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Mulley

Mulley \Mul"ley\, Moolley \Mool"ley\, n. [CF. Gael. maolag a hornless cow, maol bald, hornless, blunt.]

  1. A mulley or polled animal. [U. S.]

  2. A cow. [Prov. Eng.; U.S., a child's word.]

    Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow.
    --Tusser.

Mulley

Mulley \Mul"ley\, Moolley \Mool"ley\, a. Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. [U. S.] [Written also muley.]

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mulley

a. (alternative form of muley English) n. 1 (context US English) A hornless or polled animal. 2 (context UK dialect childish English) A cow.

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Mulley

Mulley may refer to:

  • Clare Mulley, Biographer of Eglantyne Jebb, the Founder of the British charity Save the Children, and Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, Britain's first female special agent of WWII.
  • Frederick Mulley PC (1918–1995), British Labour politician, barrister-at-law, and economist
  • James Mulley (born 1988), English footballer
  • Tim Alek Mulley, (born 1981), American musician, independent drummer, and recording producer/engineer

Usage examples of "mulley".

The arrival was Police Chief Mulley, mainspring of the law in Southbury.

When he reached his office, Mulley found James Belver awaiting him there.

No one from the Cairo Club could have outraced Chief Mulley on that trip.

I understand that James Belver and Chief Mulley both received anonymous calls, telling where they could find The Shadow.

Chief Mulley admitted that a capture of the cloaked stranger might produce a quiz, rather than a murder charge.

I sent for you to find out if Police Chief Mulley has bothered any of the crowd at the Cairo Club.

The Shadow had provided for the emergency that might occur before Police Chief Mulley arrived.

He managed to gulp the news that he had heard a thug shout - that Chief Mulley and headquarters men were on their way up to see Larry.

Letting himself ride, Clyde took a headlong dive into the arms of Mulley and the dicks.

You must find him, Chief Mulley, and arrest him for the murder of Richard Whilton!

It was the first time that Mulley had ever seen such an ugly expression on the face of James Belver.

Groping for an explanation, Mulley looked toward a side door of the room.

CHAPTER V FIGURES IN THE GLOOM AT the time when Moose Sudling and Chip Mulley were making their departure by the rear street, an automobile was halting in front of the brownstone house that they had left.

Beak Thungle was looking past Chip Mulley, toward the half-opened door to the main dive.

At the very hour when Chip Mulley had guessed his own mistake, persons elsewhere were discussing the robbery of last night.