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Cully

name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person. archaic

    "Yet the rich Cullies may their boaſting ſpare; / They purchaſe but ſophiſticated VVare."

  2. 2
    A companion. slang
  3. 3
    A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk. archaic, historical

    "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."

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Short for cullion? Compare Irish cuallaí (“companion”)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Short for cullion? Compare Irish cuallaí (“companion”)

Etymology 3

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

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