span-new
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of span-new
1250–1300; Middle English spannewe < Old Norse spānnȳr brand-new, fresh, equivalent to spānn chip shavings, shingle + nȳr new
Example Sentences
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E. E. had told me that when Mrs. Sprague gave a party, her guests almost always came out in span-new dresses.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
Am I not totally a span-new Gallant, Fit for the choycest eyes? have I not gold?
From The False One by Francis Beaumont
No, no, I like him not; our span-new burgermaster, As he's so bold already, he'll come it thick and faster.
From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt
Cousin E. E. had put on a span-new dress, observing, modestly, that a genius could appear in anything, but she hadn't the position which would stand wearing the same dress twice.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
Meantime, Henniker, in span-new civilian dress, was rattling across the plain on the box seat of the ambulance, beside the soldier driver.
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
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