hully-gully
adj.— «That “hully-gully” pass play TCU pulled last year to tumble previously unbeaten Texas was legal by inches, a football rules authority said Tuesday.…Any number of forward handoffs are legal in the backfield so long as the ball is passed from hand-to-hand and not pitched or thrown.» —“‘Hully-Gully’ Pass Legal By Inches” in Austin Galveston News (Texas) July 25, 1962. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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