hully-gully

hully-gully
 adj.β€” Β«There was no hully-gully in Sutton’s teams. The Razorbacks played good solid, spirited defense, a gene from Sutton’s training under Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M.Β» β€”β€œSutton Got Ball Rolling In The SWC” by Blackie Sherrod Dallas Morning News (Texas) Apr. 5, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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