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Quotation dates: 1887
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CULLY, n.2 A nickname for a dweller on the east side of the burn flowing through Buckie in Bnff. (Bnff. 1926).Bnff. 1887 G. Hutcheson Days of Yore 31:
There were stone fights, when the “Cully” (Easter Buckie) fisher boys battled against the “Yanter” (Nether Buckie) boys.