spick-and-span

also spic-and-span S0636600 (spĭk′ən-spăn′)adj.1. Immaculately clean; spotless: "young men in spick-and-span uniforms" (Edith Wharton).2. Brand-new; fresh.

[Short for obsolete spick and span-new : spick, spike (variant of spike) + span-new.]

spick-and-span

(ˈspɪkənˈspæn) or

spic-and-span

adj1. extremely neat and clean2. new and fresh[C17: shortened from spick-and-span-new, from obsolete spick spike, nail + span-new]

spick-and-span

(ˈspɪk ənˈspæn)

adj. 1. spotlessly clean and neat. 2. perfectly new; fresh. adv. 3. in a spick-and-span manner. [1570–80; short for spick-and-span-new, alliterative extension of span -new]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	spick-and-span - conspicuously new; "shiny brand-new shoes"; "a spick-and-span novelty"brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-spannew - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
	2.	spick-and-span - completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps"immaculate, speckless, spic, spick, spotless, spic-and-spanclean - free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"

spick-and-span

also spic-and-span
adjectiveIn good order or clean condition:neat, orderly, shipshape, snug, spruce, taut, tidy, trig, trim, well-groomed.Chiefly British: tight.Idiom: neat as a pin.

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adj in good order or clean condition

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adj conspicuously new

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adj completely neat and clean

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