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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CULL, n.1 “A lump of hard food” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 154). [kʌl]Ib. 132:
Pedlars . . . complain often to gude wives that they are drowthy, which means, if they have any food to spare in the pantry, they will not cast out with a cull or piece of it.

[Prob. extension of Eng. dial. cull, an inferior article (E.D.D.), from Eng. cull, to choose, Fr. cuellir.]

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