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jiffy

[jif-ee] / ˈdʒɪf i /


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Freeman and Brailsford maintained the bag contained legal flu medication, and ultimately a parliamentary committee said it was unable to determine what was inside the jiffy bag.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2023

They cool in a jiffy and are ready to serve almost as fast as you make them.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2023

In another jiffy, he and his master, sky high, are toasting one another and the success of their venture.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2023

However, a quantum computer would be able to factor the huge number much faster than an ordinary computer, enabling Eve to unscramble the message in a jiffy, too.

From Science Magazine May 5, 2022

In a jiffy the two boats were in a terrible tangle.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

"I'll take it right from your own dooryard in just about two jiffies."

From The Gold Girl by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

Well, in a few jiffies all of us boys were carrying in wood and stacking it in the back of the schoolroom where we would have plenty to keep the schoolhouse nice and warm tomorrow.

From Shenanigans at Sugar Creek by Paul Hutchens

He must have slept for a whole lot of jiffies.

From Half-Past Seven Stories by Robert Gordon Anderson

It took about a minute and a half, which was about nine billion jiffies too long, as far as I was concerned.

From A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett

Now in just about two jiffies that will be ready to cut.

From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson




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