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Jiffy bag

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Jiffy bag
n
™ a thickly padded but light envelope in which articles such as books are placed for protection in the post
Translations
Jiffy bag®
n (Brit) → (gepolsterte) Versandtasche; (smaller) → gefütterter Briefumschlag
Jiffy bag® nbusta imbottita


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Anyone who, in Comber senior's time, might have promised to 'be with you in half a tick' would now take a whole tick, and even the imperial standard jiffy is presumably twice as long, which will, I suppose, mean that jiffy bags will have to be made twice as big to be able to fit them in.
This in its self can save thousands on a large runs compared to mailing CDs out in jiffy bags for example.
Type in details of your CDs & DVDs and it will give you a price it will buy if for and send you a postage paid jiffy bag.
 
 
 
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