trice /traɪs/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: trice 'pull' (14-15 centuries) , from trice 'to pull' (14-21 centuries) , from Middle Dutch trisen ]
in a trice British English old-fashioned very quickly or soon:
He should be here in a trice.
trice /traɪs/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: trice 'pull' (14-15 centuries) , from trice 'to pull' (14-21 centuries) , from Middle Dutch trisen ]
in a trice British English old-fashioned very quickly or soon:
He should be here in a trice.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012