clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
2. shipshape and Bristol fashion
Bristol fashion in American English
adjective
in good order; trim
shipshape and Bristol fashion
Word origin
[1830–40; after bristol, England]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ante, baby talk, paraffin, rococo, walkover