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  1. \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.
    
  2. \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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