Obsolete British and Irish slang for a gullible person or a fool — someone easily tricked. The word implies not just foolishness but credulity, the quality of swallowing (gulping) whatever they're told. It has dropped out of common use but occasionally surfaces in dialect literature.
He was a complete gulpin — believed every word of the story without once asking a question.
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(slang, obsolete) A gullible person; a fool.
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