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Example Sentences
I'll be there in a jiffy.
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Fortunately, the use of a hot wrench (oxy-acetylene torch) or a hacksaw will cure the problem in a jiffy.
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Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
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Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2021
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First Known Use
1779, in the meaning defined above
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“Jiffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jiffy. Accessed 5 Feb. 2023.
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