by golly

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English

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Interjection

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by golly

  1. A minced oath for by God.
    • 1965, Robinson Barnwell, Head Into The Wind:
      By golly, a fellow ought to have some say-so in the sale of his eggs.
    • 2024 August 7, Christian Wolmar, “Labour in a hurry to implement changes on the railway”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 42:
      I understand that ministers are hoping to get the Bill on the statute book by the autumn. And by golly, they are in a hurry.

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References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary