Cul"ly (k?l"l?), n.; pl. Cullies (-lz). [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.
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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.
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