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Meanings of shipshape in English

Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder.

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Usage of shipshape in English
1
Next time we get everything shipshape before we cancel the internal field.
The Hyperion Cantos
2
And then we ended our work, and things were shipshape once more.
A Sea Queen's Sailing
3
Breakfast over and everything made tidy and shipshape, Costigan turned to Clio.
Triplanetary
4
Neatness and thoroughness, and everything shipshape and Bristol fashion-that'smy style, Roy.
The Blood Ship
5
Neatness, thoroughness, dispatch, everything shipshape, no loose ends flying-that'smy style, Roy.
The Blood Ship
6
Second, they must know how to stay shipshape and avoid sinking.
Three philosophies of life
7
This weekend trip was her last chance to make sure everything-absolutelyeverything-wasshipshape.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
8
It is like the steerage in an emigrant vessel, eminently shipshape.
In the Footprints of the Padres
9
Everything was going to be shipshape for Midwinter Eve; I could see that.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
10
He found all on board the yacht in shipshape, only Davy was absent.
The Marquis of Lossie
11
Now we had better set about matters in a shipshape and orderly fashion.
Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle
12
Everything was shipshape and ready for a new start, and we climbed in.
A Minstrel in France
13
We want to have things shipshape by the time the captain comes aboard.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes
14
Therefore we had better have things done up in shipshape order.
Little By Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
15
I know how to make things neat and pretty and keep them shipshape.
Kindred of the Dust
16
Yes, everything is ready; everything is shipshape, no detail is wanting.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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