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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CULLION, CULLYEON, n. “A person of disagreeable temper and manners” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 34, cullyeon), “a heavy, ill-kempt, rather repulsive person” (Bnff.² 1938, cullion; Abd.² 1941). Used (as in obs. Eng.) as a term of contempt.Cai. 1776 Weekly Mag. (25 Jan.) 146:
That cullion Hancock, is he yet alive? Ill, ill mat he an' a' his menzie thrive!Abd.⁷ 1925:
Cullion, as in the expression “a muckle cullion,” evidently used opprobriously.