1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, bk. I., ch. xxvii. Fair gullies which are
little haulch-backed demi-knives.
1785. Burns, Death and Dr. Hornbook. I red ye weel, tak care o’
skaith, See, there’s a gully.
1789. Burns, Address to Captain Grose. The knife that nickit Abel’s
craig, He’ll prove ye fully It was a faulding jocteleg, Or
lang-kail gully.
Verb (common).—To gull (q.v.); to dupe; to swindle. For synonyms, see
Stick.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, bk. III., ch. v. I rode about and
speechified, and everybody gullied.
Gully-fluff, subs. (colloquial).—Pocket-filth; beggar’s velvet (q.v.).
Also Flue (q.v.).
Gully-gut, subs. and adj. (common).—A glutton. For synonyms, see
Stodger.
1598. Florio, A Worlde of Wordes. Crapulatore, a surfeiter; a
gormand; a glutton; a gullie-gut.
1672. Lestrange, Fables. A gulli-gut friar.
Gully-hole (or Gully), subs. (common).—1. The throat, or gullet. For
synonyms, see Gutter-alley.