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Gulling

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gull

2  [guhl]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to deceive, trick, or cheat.
–noun
2. a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
Origin:
1540–50; perh. akin to obs. gull to swallow, guzzle

Synonyms:
1. cozen, dupe, fool, bamboozle, hoodwink.
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gull 2   (gŭl)   
n.  A person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe.
tr.v.   gulled, gull·ing, gulls
To deceive or cheat.

[Probably from gull, to swallow (obsolete), from Middle English golen, to pretend to swallow, from gole, throat, perhaps from Old French goule; see gullet.]
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Word Origin & History

gull 
c.1430 (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic, cf. Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from O.Celt. *voilenno-. Replaced O.E. mæw.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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