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Synonyms for culled

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhl
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒl

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Définition of culled

Origin :
  • "dupe, saphead," rogues' slang from late 16c., perhaps a shortening of cullion "base fellow," originally "testicle" (from French couillon, from Old French coillon "testicle; worthless fellow, dolt," from Latin coleus, literally "strainer bag;" see cojones), though another theory traces it to Romany (Gypsy) chulai "man." Also sometimes cully, though some authorities assert cully was the canting term for "dupe" and cull was generic "man, fellow," without implication of gullibility. Cf. also gullible.
  • verb pick out for reason
  • verb gather
Example sentences :
  • Some little ray of consolation I culled, perhaps, from my thoughts of Roxalanne.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Many are the lots of beasts I have bought and culled, and I had to pay for it.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
  • He assured the women that the samples were not culled: "Jes' took as they come."
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • You are Christians of the best edition, all picked and culled.
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • Every morning she found beside her plate a bouquet which he had culled.
  • Extract from : « Which? » by Ernest Daudet
  • Here she culled barely a dozen roses where she might have gathered thirty.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Timber Town » by Alfred Grace
  • French school, culled from the annual Salons and presented to the museum by the State.
  • Extract from : « A Little Tour in France » by Henry James
  • Jenny had culled them from the school, as best fitted for her purpose.
  • Extract from : « Miss Ashton's New Pupil » by Mrs. S. S. Robbins
  • He seems to have culled the choicest and the best from the broad field.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery » by Samuel Adams Drake
  • How in her great dread she replied, "Flowers I have culled in the garden."
  • Extract from : « Rudy and Babette » by Hans Christian Andersen

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