JIT
1.
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abbreviation
1.
just-in-time
noun
A black person (1931+)
adjective
Cheap: a jitney dance hall (1916+)
modifier
: cracked down today on illegal jitney service
noun
[origin unknown; perhaps fr Yiddish]
dynamic translation
just in time
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