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DictionarySeespick and spanspic and span
spick and spanTotally clean and/or organized. I plan to spend the day cleaning so that this place is spick and span when my mother-in-law arrives.See also: and, spanspic and spanNeat and clean. A “spick” was a nail (as in “spike”), “span” was a wood shaving, and a new wooden object had shiny spicks in it and fresh spans around it. Over the years the meaning of newness was replaced by that of something fresh and clean (as a new object usually was).See also: and, span, spicSpic and Span
Spic and Spanbrand of household cleaner. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 546]See: Cleanliness |