Bristol fashion
Americanadjective
adverb
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nautical clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
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in good order; efficiently arranged
Etymology
Origin of Bristol fashion
1830–40; after Bristol, England
Example Sentences
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“Well, looks like everything’s mostly shipshape and Bristol fashion, luvvy,” said Miss Forcible.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
It was going shipshape and Bristol fashion in the afternoon.
From The Moon Rock by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)
Cable gave certain orders, announced that he would send four men on board in the afternoon to bend the running tackle "ship-shape and Bristol fashion," and refused to remain on board the Olaf for luncheon.
From The Vultures by Merriman, Henry Seton
Here was nothing: the stove was alight, the smoke going up in a Christian manner; all was shipshape and Bristol fashion.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Then me and the rest, we'll be off all shipshape and Bristol fashion, we will, and no one won't be hurt.
From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.
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