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cullion

The origin and history of cullion.

Etymology

Comes from Middle English coilon, borrowed from Old French coillon ("testicle, vile fellow, coward, dupe"), from Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, from Latin cōleus ("sack, scrotum"). It is a doublet of culeus and cojones.

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