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Definition of Cullion
1. n. A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion.
Definition of Cullion
1. Noun. Testicle. ¹
2. Noun. A vile person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cullion
1. a vile fellow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cullion
Literary usage of Cullion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... a god of euch a cullion. Tarn. Skr., iv, 2. Sometimes cullen : For what rould
be more cu/kn-like or base, Or filter l'or a man were made of straw, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"scab (slang; opprobrious or a term of abuse), bugger (low), cullion (literary
and archaic), caitiff (contemptuous); spec, beggar (Jig.), hound (fig. ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"It was that crafty cullion 2 Hodge, my Gammer Gurton's man. ... 19— " It is an
old saying, praise at the parting, I think I have made the cullion to wring. ..."
4. The Ancient British Drama by Robert Dodsley (1810)
"S. 4 : — " Long live Séverine, And perish all such cullion» as repine, At his
new monarchy. ... S. 5. when beating Cob, exclaims :— " You base cullion ..."
5. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley, Richard Morris (1874)
"It was that crafty cullion 2 Hodge, my Gammer Gurton's man. ... 19— " It Is an
old saying, praise at the parting, I think I have made the cullion to wring. ..."
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