【Question】What’s the meaning of the word molly as “Holly Molly”? Is this an old-fashioned expression?

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【Question】What’s the meaning of the word molly as “Holly Molly”?  Is this an old-fashioned expression?

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It’s an exclamation phrase, you use it the same way you use “oh my God” “wow” etc

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Holly Molly is used to show that you think something is surprising. In a verbal conversation it stands for an "exclamation"❗
The first use of this phrase is recorded to be as old as the end of 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century.

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