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holy Moses

American  

interjection

Slang.
  1. (used as an exclamation to express surprise or wonder.)


Etymology

Origin of holy Moses

First recorded in 1850–55


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This is the same great and flat valley in which the children of Israel waited during the days when holy Moses went up into the Mount of God....

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge

"But, holy Moses, think of the millions it would take to stock this country."

From Man Size by William MacLeod Raine

O, holy Moses, that's the finest line I've sighted in a dog's age.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

Holy God of Abraham!" was his first exclamation, folding and elevating his wrinkled hands, but without raising his grey head from the pavement; "Oh, holy Moses!

From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

What is it after all, my dear friend, but a spoiling of the Egyptians, as holy Moses did, when about to lead the children of Israel from bondage.

From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

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