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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

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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