woollybooger

woollybooger
 n.— «Woolly-booger is cowboy talk for any wild revelry. San Antonio is going to start its annual Fiesta, or woollybooger, on April 21.» —“Definitely” Evening Sentinel (Holland, Michigan) June 14, 1962. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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