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Jiffy bag

British  

noun

  1. a thickly padded but light envelope in which articles such as books are placed for protection in the post

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yes it's blurry but in absence of a waterproof phone I'm shooting through a Jiffy bag.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2017

CH I sometimes think that the brain is normally like this flat little Jiffy bag.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2015

I vividly remember the time my first binder arrived in an unmarked Jiffy bag, from a company that made compression garments for hernia patients.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2014

Then Lambert would have been escorted to the exit, his belongings sent on in a Jiffy bag.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013

But wait, what was this… £20,000 in a Jiffy bag in the back of a taxi?

From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2010

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