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New York minute

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An extremely short period of time.

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  • noun An instant; a very short time.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

Etymologies

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New York and minute; supposedly from the time between a traffic light turning green and the driver behind you sounding his or her horn

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