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"Cullion. It. Coglione, a cullion, a fool, a scoundrel, properly a dupe. See Cully. It. cogionare, to deceive, to make a dupe of.... In the Venet. coglionare becomes cogionare, as vogia for voglia.... Hence E. to cozen, as It. fregio, frieze; cugino, cousin; prigione, prison." Wedgwood refers, he gives another etymology of coglione, and, we think, a wrong one.
"And confusion to him that takes his share of the sport, and leaves the hunters as dry as a drumhead," added another, by way of corollary. "The house of Ravenswood was ance a gude and an honourable house in this land," said an old man; "but it's lost its credit this day, and the Master has shown himself no better than a greedy cullion."
Here is to the Countess Isabelle of Croye, and a better husband to her than Campobasso, who is a base Italian cullion! And now, Andrew Arnot, what said the muleteer to this yeoman of thine?"
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