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▪ I. † ˈgolly, n. Obs.—1
[Cf. goll.]
(See quot.)
1656W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §213. 59 The hand held hollow is the Golly; stretched out, the Palm.
▪ II. golly, v. Sc.|ˈgɒlɪ|
[Echoic; cf. gollar v.]
intr. To shout with a thick voice. Hence ˈgollying vbl. n.
1838Carlyle Let. in Froude Life in Lond. (1884) I. v. 141 The Annandale Voice gollying at them. 1894Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 165 We heard..the wrathful gollying of the great voice.
▪ III. golly, int.|ˈgɒlɪ|
[Substituted for god in oaths or exclamations; cf. goles.]
In (by) golly = (by) God.
1775G. White Jrnls. 21 Dec. (1931) 117 Gouleins (Gothic) salutatio: hence perhaps our word Golly, a sort of jolly kind of oath, or asseveration much in use among our carters, & lowest people. 1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. ii. 25 My folks to hum air full ez good ez his'n be, by golly! 1883Harper's Mag. July 847/2 Golly! I'd do it as quick as wink. 1888W. B. Churchward Blackbirding 125 Look sharp, or by golly, they will have us for breakfast. |