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A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.

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  1. n. A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
  2. n. To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.
  3. 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. To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive. "Tricks to cully fools." Pomfret.
  4. 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 haspassed upon for a countess. Addison.
  5. n. A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull. n. To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.