Crossword clues for cully
cully
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cully \Cul"ly\, v. t. [See Cully,n., and cf. D. kullen to
cheat, gull.]
To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive. ``Tricks to cully
fools.''
--Pomfret.
Cully \Cul"ly\ (k?l"l?), n.; pl. Cullies (-l?z). [Abbrev. fr. cullion.] A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom
she has passed upon for a countess.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context now rare English) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person. 2 (context slang English) A companion. vb. To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
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Usage examples of "cully".
The Archdeacon, ignorant that this question was being asked, strolled happily on between his two acquaintances, and with them turned up the drive to Cully.
The Archdeacon flowed into the whole story, and ended with his exit from Cully.
He was very tall, too tall for a living man: the great bow slung over his shoulder looked as long as Jack Jingly, and his arrows would have made spears or staves for Captain Cully.
There were two little merlins which had only just been taken up from hacking, an old peregrine who was not much use in this wooded country but who was kept for appearances, a kestrel on which the boys had learned the rudiments of falconry, a spar-hawk which Sir Ector was kind enough to keep for the parson, and, caged off in a special apartment of his own at the far end, there was the tiercel goshawk Cully.
Cully had explained, because he was the least useful knight of a live sword that the Order had ever known, and while the abbot had not come out and admitted that openly, Cully said, interspersing his comments with common words that were as unknightly as unknightly could be, that was why Sir Guy had been foisted on Cully.
Hob lay awake in agony all night, and sent off Cully with brand-new white leather jesses, silver varvels and silver bell.
Captain Cully of the greenwood, boldest of the bold and freest of the free?
He untied his sash and set his swords down on the cold stone, then turned to face Cully.
But Cully just nodded, and Bear gathered up his swords and left the room.
We unpacked our suitcases and I noticed that Cully had very little in his brassbound monster.
But through the open wall, in the adjoining room, I saw Cully sit ting on the huge brassbound suitcase.
Under his breath he added, "You couldn't see one anyhow, you cank cullys.
We shall present ourselves as merchants--and then decide how to play him when we have discovered his true kidney--as the London cullies would say.
There was little love lost between Cully and the Abbot General, for good reason and ill.
Cully recalled that in Vegas he had never asked to be comped for the golf course.