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gulpin|ˈgʌlpɪn| [f. gulp v.; perh. in the comb. gulp in.] One who will swallow anything; a credulous person, a simpleton; Naut., a marine.
1802McEvoy in Naval Chron. VII. 50 There might be a few gulpins who would fire. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Gulpin, an awkward soldier; a weak credulous fellow. 1867N. & Q. Ser. iii. XII. 78/1 A marine was called a gulpin by the sailors; that is a person who would swallow anything told him. 1886Besant The World went II. xxix. 308 Go, then, for a brace of gulpins! |