New York minute

English

Noun

New York minute (plural New York minutes)

  1. (informal) An instant; an extremely short time.
    Synonyms: instant, New York second; see also Thesaurus:moment
    • 1989, Don Henley, “New York Minute”, in The End of the Innocence:
      In a New York minute, everything can change / In a New York minute, you can get out of the rain

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