| Word | gull (v.) |
|---|---|
| Definition | v. To deceive or cheat someone. Cf. gullible. |
| Sentence | This new elite, he argued with breathtaking frankness, should be no less cynical in gulling the ignorant masses: “Modern civilisation has bred a race with brains like those of rabbits and we who are the heirs of the witch-doctor and the voodoo, we artists who have been so long the despised are about to take over control. |
| Source | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose |
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