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Meanings of spic-and-span in anglès

Completely neat and clean.

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Conspicuously new.

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1
It's a brand-new year, we're juniors now, and word is he's available.
Deadly little secret
2
For many, it's the first time they'll ever open a brand-new toy.
News.com.au
3
I met him the other day in Piccadilly with a brand-new wife.
More About Peggy
4
She looked brand-new the last time I saw her at the hospital.
Danielle Steel
5
It is a brand-new wheel and everything is in perfect working order.
Outdoor Sports and Games
1
Young Croesus lent him three-and-twenty bran-new sovereigns out of his father's bank.
The Book of Snobs
2
It is the Umbrella-oldfamiliar bone-handle, brass ferrule-ina bran-new dress of alpaca!
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 32, November 5, 1870
3
To purchasing bran-new paper shirt collar or dickey, to set off gray Petersham, 2
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
4
Down came bran-new bands to the wheel directly, and better than we had lost.
Put Yourself in His Place
5
There's a bran-new one, and there's the other.
Catharine Furze
Usage of spic-and-span in anglès
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When was the last time you ever wandered a spic-and-span midway?
Wired
2
Emily glanced at the signature once more, then looked down the Preserve's joyless, spic-and-span hallway.
Ruthless
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It foams, making inroads into every millimeter of my face, giving a psychological spic-and-span impression.
NY Magazine
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It's conceivable that O'Brien is just one of those neatnik sailors who keeps his boat spic-and-span.
The abduction
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Back in the 1920s, when Prohibition was king, some pretty substantial people lived here and the houses looked spic-and-span then.
Ghosts
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The Kimuras' shop was still spic-and-span and jammed with many unidentifiable (at least to Margaret) packets, tins, and bottles.
Private life
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So we went to the experts - housekeepers at the National Trust's stately homes - for their insider tips on keeping things spic-and-span.
The Guardian
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It's already spic-and-span, and I know there is not much to be done, but whatever you need me to do, I'll be there, Rhoda.
God don't like ugly
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When the place was spic-and-span, the paintings secure on the walls, and the tables ready for the caterer, she drove home to shower and change.
Alexandra, gone