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Spic-and-span

adjective

Conspicuously new. Synonyms: bran-new, brand-new, spick-and-span. "A spick-and-span novelty"

Completely neat and clean. Synonyms: immaculate, speckless, spic, spick, spick-and-span, spotless. "In her immaculate white uniform" , "A spick-and-span kitchen" , "Their spic red-visored caps"

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"Spic-and-span" Quotes from Famous Books

... our thoroughfare, are agreeable to observe. At night our boulevard twinkles with lights like a fairyland. The view of across the way through the gardens, as they should be called, down the middle of the street, is enchanting. All aglow our spic-and-span trolley cars—all our trolley cars are spic-and-span—ride down the way like "floats" in a nocturnal parade. Upon the sidewalks are happy throngs, and a hum of cheery sound. The throngs of our neighbourhood are touched with an indescribable character of place; they are not the ...

— Walking-Stick Papers • Robert Cortes Holliday

Words linked to "Spic-and-span" : clean, new