Synonyms for golly
| Grammar : Interj, noun |
| Spell : gol-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒl i |
Top 10 synonyms for golly Other synonyms for the word golly
Définition of golly
Origin :- euphemism for God, first recorded 1775, in a source that refers to it as "a sort of jolly kind of oath, or asseveration much in use among our carters, & the lowest people."
- As in gosh : interj imagine
- As in whew : interj my goodness
- As in interjection : noun emphatic exclamation
- By golly, we'll stake her to a hay knife and tell her to go after him!
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- By golly, he's callin' all his wife's relations t' come an' help 'em out.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- An' they know it, too, by golly, er they wouldn't hang back like they're a-doin'.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Golly, I want to be a Thorgunner and get in on the mop-up when it comes!
- Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
- The doctor drew a deep breath and then said, "By golly, I believe you've got it."
- Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
- No, by golly, it's jes' like Ned; he's jes' like his daddy an' the other Baptusses.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- By golly, if my country needs this like that, then by golly, my country's going to have it.
- Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael
- But, golly, she can make doughnuts and apple pies that beat the band!
- Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman
- "Golly, it's only a couple of hundred feet," Magnan offered.
- Extract from : « The Yillian Way » by John Keith Laumer
- “Golly, but this is a game of hide and seek, all right,” he gasped.
- Extract from : « The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards » by Gerald Breckenridge
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