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Old Hindu in a jiffy? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

jain

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'old hindu in a jiffy?' is the definition.
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'old hindu in' is the wordplay.
'old hindu' becomes 'ja' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ja'+'in'='JAIN'

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(Other definitions for jain that I've seen before include "Member of Indian sect" , "religious Indian" , "Follower of an Indian religion" , "adherent of an Indian religion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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