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quickie

[kwik-ee] / ˈkwɪk i /


NOUN
quick drink
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Deeply saddened by his passing, as many millennials were, I walked to the bathroom for a quickie corporate cry.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2026

Lately, she’s been teaching classes on making bagels — not the quickie recipe, but the overnight version.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2023

And so in September, Marie went down to Tijuana to get a quickie divorce, which was very popular back then.

From Scientific American Apr. 20, 2023

Speed up the decades-long process of climate change and you get “The Day After Tomorrow,” the 2004 film that unleashed a risible quickie apocalypse onto the screen.

From New York Times Mar. 29, 2023

So my baba and maman made the four-hour drive to Reno, Nevada, to secure a quickie divorce.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

They don’t do quickies or distraction, but they also don’t do lightness and laughter.

From Slate Apr. 24, 2020

Having learned his trade making low-budget quickies for Roger Corman, Demme has always celebrated American junk culture.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2017

A London film in the tradition of so many second features and exploitation quickies – but with, in the spirit of my project, a strong whiff of refracted autobiography.

From The Guardian Jul. 16, 2013

His best work helming Warner Brother’s Pre-Code quickies was 25 years behind him, not to mention a guest shot at “Wizard of Oz.”

From Salon May 29, 2012

“Last Man Standing,” Mr. Allen’s retro-man new sitcom, likes to do this, but only for easy quickies.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2011




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