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lickety-quick (adverb) : Variation of "lickety-split:" at a great speed.

"We authorized $8 billion to go to Iraq lickety-quick," he said. "After 9/11, we gave the president unprecedented powers lickety-quick to take care of New York and other places. (Quote from Clarence Ray Nagin, mayor of New Orleans, 2005) —Clarence Ray Nagin, Chicago Tribune, 9/3/2005

Submitted by: Russell T. Cross from Ohio on Nov. 03, 2005 09:39

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