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lickety-split

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lick⋅e⋅ty-split

  [lik-i-tee-split]
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–adverb Informal.
at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; perh. dial. licket rag (for wiping in haste, with one lick) + -y 1 + split, as in split second
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lick·e·ty-split   (lĭk'ĭ-tē-splĭt')   
adv.   Informal
With great speed.

[lickety, very fast, alteration of lick, fast (dialectal) + split.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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lickety-split [lɪkɪdiˈsplɪt]

  1. mod.
    very fast. : They ran across the field lickety-split.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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