jiffy-bag

English

Etymology

A genericized form of Jiffy bag.

Noun

jiffy-bag (plural jiffy-bags)

1. Alternative form of Jiffy bag.
   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, page 39:

     At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole. The largest object there was a jiffy-bag stuck with a hand-made label saying 'Toast by Post'.