New York minute

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New York minute

noun New York minutes

  1. informal An instant; an extremely short time. In a New York minute, everything can change / In a New York minute, you can get out of the rain

    Similar: instant, New York second, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, jiff, jiffy

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@misc{new_york_minute_2026,
  title = {New York minute},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/new%20york%20minute},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}