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cul⋅ly

[kuhl-ee]

noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly⋅ing.

–noun

1.	Archaic. a dupe.

2.	Slang. fellow; companion.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to trick; cheat; dupe.

Origin:
1655–65; perh. shortening of cullion

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cul·ly   (kŭl'ē) Pronunciation Key
n.   pl. cul·lies
A fool or dupe.

tr.v.   cul·lied, cul·ly·ing, cul·lies
To fool; cheat.

[Perhaps from cullion.]

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Cully

Cull\, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.

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.