in a pig's whisper

prepositional phrase

In a very short time; in a jiffy.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. datedslangIn a very short time; in a jiffy.

    [T]hey were all asleep in a pig's whisper.

    1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 44
    1 more example

    ‘Never mind,’ said the stranger, cutting the address very short, ‘said enough—no more; smart chap that cabman—handled his fives well; but if I’d been your friend in the green jemmy—damn me—punch his head,—‘cod I would,—pig’s whisper—pieman too,—no gammon.’

    1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 2
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