Lickety-Split

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Origin of Phrases - L

Lickety-Split

It originated in the United States during the mid 19th century. It actually comes from a group of sayings that meant the same thing: hellity-split, lickety-click, lickety-cut, lickety-liner, lickety-smash, lickety-switch, and lickety-wallop. In the end, only lickety-split lasted beyond the end of the 19th century.