hully-gully
adj.— «It was a lot safer, too, because the scores were planned, not hully-gully where you might run into any kind of surprise. Indeed, Diesel was sent to San Quentin after he tried to rob a Sacramento poker room in his own.» —by Edward Bunker Dog Eat Dog Aug., 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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