spick-and-span
[spik-uh n-span]
Origin of spick-and-span
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Related Words for spick-and-span
clean, fresh, hygienic, immaculate, neat, polished, pure, sanitary, shining, shipshape, spotless, spruce, tidy, unstained, untarnished, gleaming, cleaned, spic-and-spanExamples from the Web for spick-and-span
Historical Examples of spick-and-span
I doubt if Sir Francis had it all so spick-and-span—for in his day we were very nearly as far from lawn mowers as from turbines.
Adventures and EnthusiasmsE. V. Lucas
The spick-and-span occupants of the reception bureau evidently regarded him as Room Number So-and-so.
The Terms of SurrenderLouis Tracy
But give me the sububs and stucco, smart villas, and spick-and-span shops.
The captain looked suspiciously from the two grimy travellers to the spick-and-span Englishmen in golfing costume.
Round the World in Seven DaysHerbert Strang
“I never realised before what a spick-and-span person you were,” she observed.
Jacob's LadderE. Phillips Oppenheim
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Word Origin for spick-and-span
C17: shortened from spick-and-span-new, from obsolete spick spike, nail + span-new
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