spick-and-span
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adjective \ˌspik-ən(d)-ˈspan, ˌspik-əŋ-\Definition of SPICK-AND-SPAN
2
: spotlessly clean
See Variants of SPICK-AND-SPAN
spick–and–span or spic–and–span \ˌspik-ən(d)-ˈspan, ˌspik-əŋ-\
Origin of SPICK-AND-SPAN
short for spick-and-span-new, from obsolete English spick spike + English and + span-new
First Known Use: 1665
Related to SPICK-AND-SPAN
- Synonyms
- antiseptic, chaste, fair, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, squeaky-clean, stainless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied
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