Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having husks or pods; siliquous.
- noun A long wicker trap used for catching eels.
- noun A perforated chest for keeping crabs and lobsters in the sea till wanted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having or containing hulls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having or containing
hulls .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We girls on the sidelines added to the distraction by doing the hully-gully.
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We girls on the sidelines added to the distraction by doing the hully-gully.
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Note 1: believe that "hully gully" is a dance that was popular in the mid 1950's.
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Well I can't hully gully1, I can't do a shimmy, but when it comes to lovin ', I'm a lovin' little fool
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For those of you who might like the exceptional vintage R & B of Julia Lee but not the 60s hully gully of Vivi Bach below, I had to post this even though it's from the same site.
Archive 2009-11-01 SwaG! 2009
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Heartened by this loutish spectacle, there is no doubt Bush told "da hully fadda" any number of expansive lies in hopes of igniting a crack down on catholic liberals in general and my honest coreligionist John Kerry in particular.
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"You hully up, Boss," the old man cried, "or mebbe bimeby you no catch 'um dinnah."
Murder Canyon Blacher, Joan 2002
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Mama hully gully, Papa hully gully, baby hully gully too
(Baby) Hully Gully Smith, Goldsmith 1981
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Papa hully gully, sister hully gully, you can hully gully too
(Baby) Hully Gully Smith, Goldsmith 1981
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Papa hully gully, sister hully gully, you can hully gully too
(Baby) Hully Gully Smith, Goldsmith 1981
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