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Definition of Gulling
1. gull [v] - See also: gull
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulling
Literary usage of Gulling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"... know That I'm not gulling him for the Emperor's service? ... that I 'm not
gulling all of you? ..."
2. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"tractions lor a Scotsman ; and it must llave been peculiarly gulling to the lofty
spirit of Buchanan, after stooping to solicit patronage among the natural ..."
3. The Clockmaker, Or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1837)
"gulling A BLUE-NOSE. I ALLOT, said Mr. Slick, that the blue-noses are the most
gullible folks on the face of the ..."
4. Humbugs of New-York: Being a Remonstrance Against Popular Delusion; Whether by David Meredith Reese (1838)
"... of their facts—explanation of the tricks of the sect in gulling fools — moral
aspect—ridiculous nomenclature—maps of their own brains — Spurzheim, ..."
5. Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1846)
"gulling A BLUE-NOSE. I ALLOT, said Mr. Slick, that the blue-noses are the most
gullible folks on the face of the ..."
6. The Elizabethan Lyric: A Study by John Erskine (1903)
"... used as a touchstone, whereby the poorness of EC's art and taste is made
painfully clear. In this same year appeared Sir John Davies' gulling Sonnets, ..."
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