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cullion
[ kuhl-yuhn ]
noun
Archaic.
- a base or vile fellow.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cullion1
1350–1400; Middle English culyon, coil ( i ) on < Anglo-French, Middle French coillon worthless fellow, literally, testicle < Vulgar Latin *³¦Å±ô±ðŲԱð³¾, accusative of *³¦Å±ô±ðÅ, for Latin ³¦Å±ô±ðÄ« (plural) testicles, scrotum
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Cullion, kul′yun, n. a wretch: a cowardly fellow.—adj.
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It was that crafty cullion Hodge, my Gammer Gurton's man.
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Do you see nothing? clodpatel Huguenot! varlet! cullion!
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Coglione, a cullion, a fool, a scoundrel, properly a dupe.
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"The house of Ravenswood was ance a gude and an honourable house in this land," said an old man; "but it's lost its credit this day, and the Master has shown himself no better than a greedy cullion."
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