jiffy
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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
“M-moved him. Professor Sprout’s got the kids back in bed. Professor Flitwick’s lyin’ down, but he says he’ll be all righ’ in a jiffy, an’ Professor Slughorn says the Ministry’s bin informed.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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
"I'll take it right from your own dooryard in just about two jiffies."
From The Gold Girl by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
I could just see myself and all of us getting a licking in about seven jiffies.
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
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