English Dictionary

cully

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʌli/

名詞

古語 俗語 歴史的

(now rare) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person. / (slang) A companion. / (historical, archaic) A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.

日本語の意味

だまされやすい人（騙されやすい、容易に騙されたり利用されたりする人） / 仲間（スラングで友人を指す） / （歴史的・古語）売春婦の男性顧客

She realized too late that the charming salesman had treated her as a cully and sold her a worthless trinket.

彼女は魅力的な販売員に自分がカモだと見なされ、手遅れになってから価値のない小物を買わされたことに気づいた。

意味（1）

(now rare) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.

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

意味（2）

(slang) A companion.

意味（3）

(historical, archaic) 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.

cullies （ plural ）