twinkling of an eye

noun

A short period of time.

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Meanings

noun
  1. A short period of time.

    Ghost: No sooner had she spoke but we were heere, / I wot not how, in twinkling of an eye.

    1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie, act I, lines 87–88
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