golly

interjection, expressing mild surprise (COD); see ‘oh golly’, ‘by golly’ below

“How many would have been in your class?”
“Oh golly, I don’t really remember now, but not very many.”

“Ah, it was just like ‘Oh golly’.”

“So how far are you from the river there?”
“Oh golly, it goes right by.”

“I’ve been white water rafting on the Ottawa River, and oh man, that was fun … You were going over sort of in slow-mo at the start, and then you’d pick up down towards the bottom, and oh golly, I found that really it was a lovely trip.”

“How long was he working there?”
“Oh golly, seven or eight years? It was that anyway.”

“By golly he did. He jumped right on it.”