jiffs
Example Sentences
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“I can run him up to the station in two jiffs in that.”
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
The tea's in the pot and I'll have it ready in a couple of jiffs.
From Widdershins by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
"I know a most trustworthy person; his name is Richard Lorton, and he will go for 'em in a brace of jiffs," said Dick.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Charles Garvice
"Tell you what," Dick suggested; "if you hop in and look after Mollie, Jerry and I will push the bike to the smithy; we'll be after you in two jiffs."
From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton
