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Examples
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The "goshes" and "gollies" of the outgoing Alaska governor are a thin veneer for deep-seated rage, a spiderweb of resentment that captures every perceived insult and slight.
RJ Eskow: Is Sarah Palin the First Post-Modern Politician? 2009
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Did I mention my resounding yays! and wows! and goshes! and thankses!
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But a moment later, as he turned from the shelves of glass jars against the wall, with the potion she had asked for in his hand, he uttered an exclamation: For goshes sake, Miss!
Chapter 27 1918
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But a moment later, as he turned from the shelves of glass jars against the wall, with the potion she had asked for in his hand, he uttered an exclamation: "For goshes 'sake, Miss!"
The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 1918
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But a moment later, as he turned from the shelves of glass jars against the wall, with the potion she had asked for in his hand, he uttered an exclamation: "For goshes 'sake, Miss!"
The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington 1907
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That was bloody awful - an unbroken cacophony of "golly goshes!"
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph John Preston 2012
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Even Mark Nicholas stashed away his book of superlatives and goshes and gee-whizzes to put the knife in.
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"Is it just me that still finds it hard to fathom that this game is actually happening?" goshes Patrick Brody, continuing waht seems to be the theme of the evening.
The Guardian World News Paul Doyle 2010
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With mock astonishment did the surrounding journalists reply with goshes.
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In a recent interview at a rehearsal space in Times Square, Allen, a Tony Award winner and three-time Oscar nominee, averaged eight goshes an hour.
Alanat News 2009
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