jiffy
noun
a very short time; moment.
jiffies
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pluralof jiffy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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 James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
There’s no use talking about jiffies at half-past ten at night,” I snarled.
From More Jonathan Papers by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris
He must have slept for a whole lot of jiffies.
From Half-Past Seven Stories by Robert Gordon Anderson
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
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 Paul Hutchens
