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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1899

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GULL, n.4 A spite (at someone), a feeling of coldness or distaste (towards someone), esp. in phr. to have a gull at (someone) (Dmf. 1950).w.Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 349:
This incident was the first that gave me a gull at him.

[Orig. doubtful. Phs. an anglicised variant of Goo, n.3, 3., on the analogy of Goo, n.2, Eng. gull.]

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