Anyone who's spent time in Miami airport will recognise the madness in a trice.
From the guardian.co.uk
Trice has played basketball with Dawson since they were in the eighth grade.
From the freep.com
In a trice Mr Jospin would no longer be his party's hero, but its scapegoat.
From the economist.com
An hour and a half might seem like a long time, but it passed in a trice.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Trice, Macy's and Sears are the only retailers in the shopping center that own their land.
From the denverpost.com
Trice plans to study biology at Morehouse College and become a doctor.
From the washingtonpost.com
There are, I am sure, pressure-cooker whizzes who can whip up fabulous cuisine in a trice.
From the suntimes.com
With camera in hand, he was round at Mr Fleenor's repair shop in a trice.
From the economist.com
The human mind, still the world's greatest photographic invention, recalls it in a trice.
From the nzherald.co.nz
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Blink of an eye: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
Raise with a line; "trice a window shade"
Hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
The Track Imaging Cherenkov Experiment (TrICE) is a ground-based cosmic ray telescope located at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, IL. ...
Trice is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
(Trices) This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th-19th century. See also , , and Nautical metaphors in English.
To haul up by pulling downwards on a rope that is led through a block or sheave.