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kwi kee

  • n  hurried repair

  • It's known as a "quickie divorce" because, barring any disputes, the divorce should be finalized after just six weeks and one day.
  • A quickie is a movie financed on a shoestring and shot almost as fast as the cameras can turn.
  • But if someone contests it later, defending a Mexican quickie-cheapie can prove long-drawn-out, costly and uncertain.
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  • Donald Rumsfeld in USA Today
    Oh, goodness, one always hopes to be candid and honest,Rumsfeld said, adding that the press tends to "overplay" personalities and that he would deal with that "honestly and directly." "I don't plan to write any kind of a 'quickie...
  • Shane Warne in Reuters UK
    I am suddenly nervous. More edgy than facing Pakistani quickie Shoaib Akhtar on a green deck,Warne wrote.

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