"easy peasy lemon squeezy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-easy peasy lemon squeezy.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: An extended form of easy peasy, coined either in the 1950s in a commercial for Sqezy (a British detergent brand which was sold in a squeeze bottle and had a lemon scent), or else not until the 1980s when it was first used among British children as slang. Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=easy peasy lemon squeezy}} easy peasy lemon squeezy (not comparable)
  1. (childish) Quick and easy. Tags: childish, not-comparable

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