by golly

English

Interjection

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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:wow

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary