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gullion

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English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gullion (plural gullions)

  1. (obsolete) A worthless wretch

Derived terms

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Scots

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Etymology 1

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From Irish góilín (“a creek, gully”).[1]

Noun

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gullion (plural gullions)

  1. quagmire, swamp, cesspool

Etymology 2

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Variant of cullion, from Old French coyon (“scoundrel”)[2] or couille (“scrotum; testicle”).[3]

Noun

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gullion (plural gullions)

  1. a gullion, a wretch, a worthless person

References

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  1. ^ “gullion, n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
  2. ^ “cullion, cullyeon, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
  3. ^ “cull, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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