jiffy

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The Telegraph's Alastair Sooke compared the exhibition to music, remarking that the paintings would "be bangers, enticing you onto the dancefloor in a jiffy".

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

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

“You rogue! You traitor! Jo, how could you?” cried the three girls, as Snodgrass led her friend triumphantly forth, and producing both a chair and a badge, installed him in a jiffy.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott