shipshape

[ ship-sheyp ]
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adjective
  1. in good order; well-arranged; trim or tidy.

adverb
  1. in a shipshape manner.

Origin of shipshape

1
First recorded in 1635–45; ship1 + shape

Words Nearby shipshape

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How to use shipshape in a sentence

  • The cargo's out, Scraggsy, my son, the decks has been washed down an' everything in my department is shipshape.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
  • By Herculean efforts the four ladies and myself got the place shipshape, and all was finished when the daylight failed.

    South African Memories | Lady Sarah Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for shipshape

shipshape

/ (ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp) /


adjective
  1. neat; orderly

adverb
  1. in a neat and orderly manner

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