hully-gully
adj.— «He’s really hully-gully. He goes straight back to pass and runs up the middle; he starts to his left and runs right…I don’t know what we could do about him if we played SMU again tomorrow.» —“Spread Makes Mustangs Top Bowl Prospects” in Dallas Odessa American (Texas) Nov. 21, 1957. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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