CULLION
Matching Terms: | | Cullionly
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Cul"lion\ (k?l"y?n), n. [OF. couillon, coillon, F.
co?on, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from OF. couillon,
coillon, testicle, fr. il the scrotum, fr. L. coleus a
leather bag, the scrotum.]
A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. ``Away,
base cullions.'' --Shak.
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