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Bristol fashion

American  

adjective

  1. in good order; trim.

    shipshape and Bristol fashion.
Bristol fashion British  

adverb

  1. nautical clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc

  2. in good order; efficiently arranged

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Etymology

Origin of Bristol fashion

1830–40; after Bristol, England

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