plural New York minutes
Definition of New York minute
US, informal
: a very brief span of time : instant, flash
If he asks if everything is to your liking, he does it in a tone that suggests he'll fix any little thing that's wrong in a New York minute.— John Mariani … no one believes for a New York minute that 16 acres of prime Manhattan real estate will be left undeveloped …— Cathleen McGuigan
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The first known use of New York minute was in 1954
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