hully-gully
adj.— «Bud Burdick of Omaha will be one of Thursday night’s top entries in the modified stock car racing program.…Thursday’s card…will be highlighted by the “hully gully” finale.» —“Burdick Vies ni [sic] Riverside Races” Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa) July 9, 1953. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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