lickety-split
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Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace could have supplied us, lickety-split.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
In the handful of years between the end of World War I and the 1929 stock market crash, Los Angeles became, lickety-split, the aviation capital of the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Not every dish is lickety-split fast, but Peters, who won a James Beard award for her 2016 book, “Eat in My Kitchen,” thoughtfully designates weekends for more complicated dishes.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2021
Construction started barely three weeks ago, but the building is going up lickety-split.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2020
He loaded a boy’s wagon with ten-dollar bills and ran lickety-split through town.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
