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- noun Plural form of
cullion .
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Examples
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This, then, O my brethren, is the cause of my cullions being cut off; and peace be with you!
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“Ah, God, shrivel you cullions up in you belly,” he said.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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But the best was, that the fire which I had cast into the lap of my paltry roaster burnt all his groin, and was beginning to cease (seize) upon his cullions, when he became sensible of the danger, for his smelling was not so bad but that he felt it sooner than he could have seen daylight.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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But the best was, that the fire which I had cast into the lap of my paltry roaster burnt all his groin, and was beginning to cease (seize) upon his cullions, when he became sensible of the danger, for his smelling was not so bad but that he felt it sooner than he could have seen daylight.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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"Ah, God, shrivel you cullions up in you belly, " he said.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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This then, O my brothers, is my story and how I came to be docked of my cullions; and peace be on you. '
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879
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[FN#86] One of the numerous quack aphrodisiacs current in the middle ages, as with us cock's cullions and other grotesque prescriptions.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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This, then, O my brethren, is the cause of my cullions being cut off; and peace be with you!
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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But the best was, that the fire which I had cast into the lap of my paltry roaster burnt all his groin, and was beginning to cease (seize) upon his cullions, when he became sensible of the danger, for his smelling was not so bad but that he felt it sooner than he could have seen daylight.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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But fair's fair and hats off to Gordon: he showed cullions in coming to the seat, and he's won it.
politicalbetting.com 2008
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