"Jiffy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ashore. I'd never have come this trip if the freights hadn't been so good. Here, you," he cried suddenly to one of the men. "Don't you pass the gaskets. You'll furl no sails till you're home, my son. Pass the halliards along so that you can hoist in a jiffy." Then he hailed the other luggers. "Ahoy there!" he called. "You mind ...
— Jim Davis • John Masefield
... dear,—glossy black curls and whiskers—uniting two of my young friends in matrimony," said Miss Jenny shaking her forefinger, "is quite another affair. If you don't see those three at the altar in Bond Street, in a jiffy, ...
— Ten Girls from Dickens • Kate Dickinson Sweetser
... get an invite to some private entertainment, the thing would be done in a jiffy," said Ned, "but damn it, you won't lead on any of these fellows—sure they must know ladies to ...
— Philip Winwood • Robert Neilson Stephens
... to be sure," said Francois. "Let's splice one of these willow-poles to my ram rod, and I'll screw it into him, and draw him to the surface in a jiffy. Come!" ...
— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid
... crackers that were left over from her luncheon on the train, and she went to the buggy and brought them. Eureka stuck up her nose at such food, but the tiny piglets squealed delightedly at the sight of the crackers and ate them up in a jiffy. ...
— Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz • L. Frank Baum.
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