Example Sentences

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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

Well, in a few jiffies all of us boys were carrying in wood and stacking it in the back of the schoolroom where we would have plenty to keep the schoolhouse nice and warm tomorrow.

From Shenanigans at Sugar Creek by Hutchens, Paul

"I'll take it right from your own dooryard in just about two jiffies."

From The Gold Girl by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

He must have slept for a whole lot of jiffies.

From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon

I could just see myself and all of us getting a licking in about seven jiffies.

From Shenanigans at Sugar Creek by Hutchens, Paul