jiffies
- plural of jiffy.
Example Sentences
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"I'll take it right from your own dooryard in just about two jiffies."
From The Gold Girl by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
I could just see myself and all of us getting a licking in about seven jiffies.
From Shenanigans at Sugar Creek by Hutchens, Paul
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 Garrett, Randall
There’s no use talking about jiffies at half-past ten at night,” I snarled.
From More Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge
He must have slept for a whole lot of jiffies.
From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon
