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quick

/kwɪk/ noun C2
  1. Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
  2. Plants used in making a quickset hedge.
  3. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
  4. Quitchgrass.
  5. A fast bowler.

Plural quicks

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Douglas’s face lit with a quick smile.
The Valley of Fear, p. 58 · C1
Commend me to a sailor for going the quick way to work!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 27 · C1
“Quick, Dorothy!” she screamed.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 3 · B2
As quick as lightning the man’s head shot forward and his neck stretched out until the top of the head, where it was flat, struck the Scarecrow in the middle and sent him tumbling, over and over, down the hill.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 137 · B2

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