colloq. Short for JIFFY.
1797. Mrs. A. M. Bennett, Beggar Girl (1813), III. 281. ’Twould raise a mutiny in a jiff.
1894. Wilkins & Vivian, Green Bay Tree, I. 76. I’ll be back in two jiffs.
1899. E. J. Chapman, Drama of Two Lives, Amphioxus & Ascidian, 83. He grasps the creature in a jiff.
