cully

/ˈkʌli/
noun 3verb 1name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.

Yet the rich Cullies may their boaſting ſpare; / They purchaſe but ſophiſticated VVare.

I have learned that […] I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess.

2

A companion.

3

A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.

The assumption tends to be the opposite: Whores constantly seek sexual encounters to fulfill their burning desires and also sometimes manage to wheedle gold out of their cullies.

verb

1

To trick, to impose on, to dupe.

name

1

A surname from Irish.

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