A "jiffy" is actually 1/100 of a second. From Wordnik.com. [UFies.org: August 2003 Archives] Reference
Grandpa's slow tones and the "jiffy" was very funny. From Wordnik.com. [The Pot of Gold And Other Stories] Reference
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1 / 100th of a second. From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
He assured me he'd be back in a "jiffy" and turned to head back into the garage. From Wordnik.com. [I will become greater.] Reference
I'll find her in a jiffy, which is very quick time, indeed, "he told the children. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's] Reference
"You knocked all the fight out of him in a jiffy.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life] Reference
"Now, if yuh watch me yuh'll git the ijee in a jiffy.". From Wordnik.com. [Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails] Reference
Pile in, all of you, and I'll get you there in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference
Then he ate an orange, and was asleep again in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure] Reference
"Take a brace now, and we'll have 'em ashore in a jiffy!". From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
John was tall and strong, and would lend a hand in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
"Get in here, Ruthie, and I'll take you to town in a jiffy.". From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
Let her out, Dad, and we'll be on the other bank in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
"Then we'd have the case closed up in a jiffy!" was the reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
"It doesn't matter; we'll break the door down in a jiffy, anyway.". From Wordnik.com. [The Dare Boys of 1776] Reference
A jiffy later I was looking at Mr. Black stopping his big horse at. From Wordnik.com. [Shenanigans at Sugar Creek] Reference
"Wait a minute," Bushy-Tail called back, "I'll be down in a jiffy.". From Wordnik.com. [Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories] Reference
"Now tell me the way, and I'll have you home in a jiffy," he said pleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
My sleeves were scratched off in a jiffy, and the skin striddled from my arms. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
Into the train they jumped, and in a jiffy were rolling over the line to Sydney. From Wordnik.com. [The Kangaroo Marines] Reference
I hain't got nothin 'to stop here fur,' n 'I kin git my hoss harnessed in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
"Wait a jiffy and I'll get some jam -- wild strawberry with crumpets is heavenly.". From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
Every other boy had jerked them down and chucked them under the counter in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
But his action checked the others from coming out, and the curtain went down in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll] Reference
Then she put the kettle on the cook stove and in another jiffy she was pouring out the tea. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
Well, the great fish made a sweep with its tail, and in a jiffy he and I were face to face. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"Don't be afraid, we'll get you on dry land in a jiffy," he said, as cheerfully as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference
This was raised in a jiffy, and then he went parading around the room with it over his head. From Wordnik.com. [Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll] Reference
Shoes and stockings came off in a jiffy and the children ran out jumping up and down gleefully. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
In a jiffy the ladder was set up, with Little Jim and me holding it, and Mr. Black on his way up. From Wordnik.com. [Shenanigans at Sugar Creek] Reference
Berwick brought the boat gently along the side near the stern rail and Jim was aboard in a jiffy. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
"Come!" challenges him, yet he scoots to my side in a jiffy at the "Come for a treat!" command (hence his nickname, Scooter Libby). From Wordnik.com. [Susan Orlins: Is my Dog Bored? Worrywart Wonders] Reference
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