golly
(used as a mild exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, puzzlement, pleasure, or the like.)
Origin of golly
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How to use golly in a sentence
Sure, her gee-golly choreography is unbearable cute, but watch her eyes.
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"Gotta appeal to independents, but my gosh golly gumsticks, I can't offend the base..." So what happened next?
And Yahoo above all reminds us just how unromantic and unforgiving the golly-gee world of new technology is.
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If dat preacher goes to run a bar agin me,” he says, “py golly, I makes no more moneys!
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor Gates"golly, but she's a gold dollar in a gold bank," remarked Jesse Bulrush warmly as he lurched into the street.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert Parker"By golly, I wouldn't go and feel that foolish again, not if yuh paid me for it," Slim declared.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower"By golly, I want t' have a talk with that there broncho-tamer," Slim growled behind them.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower"He didn't need no field glass to see you was a suspicious character, by golly," chortled Slim.
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British Dictionary definitions for golly (1 of 3)
/ (ˈɡɒlɪ) /
an exclamation of mild surprise or wonder
Origin of golly
1British Dictionary definitions for golly (2 of 3)
/ (ˈɡɒlɪ) /
British Dictionary definitions for golly (3 of 3)
/ (ˈɡɒlɪ) Australian slang /
to spit
a gob of spit
Origin of golly
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