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golly

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1. golly - Noun

2. golly - Verb

3. golly - Interjection

Meaning


golly

(euphemistic) God! [From 1775.]

Abbreviation of golliwog:
A type of black rag doll.

(offensive, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person.


golly (plural gollies)

(UK) A galosh.


golly (third-person singular simple present gollies, present participle gollying, simple past and past participle gollied)

(Australia, juvenile) To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat.

(Australian slang, juvenile) Chewing gum.

(Australian slang, juvenile) Saliva or phlegm.
hack up a golly

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Nature isn't classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it quantum mechanical, and by golly it's a wonderful problem, because it doesn't look so easy. Richard Feynman

Golly gee, they deserve a real hand clap, and like on the hand clap, and like meters tracking every cell of the global populations. Source: Internet

It's hard to believe there wasn't one thing to criticize in all his visits there, it comes off reading like a 50s sitcom - "gee, golly, wow, this place is super!" Source: Internet

Golly, we forgot that Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is also running for president, so technically the delay affects him too. Source: Internet

He always said he’d live here someday, and by golly – here we are. Source: Internet

"Long Hair casually underestimated them, and, by golly, they showed him." Source: Internet

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