Cleanliness and spruceness are the rule among the Quincy Market men and stall-keepers.

A tight-drawn belt-lastrelic of his official spruceness-madea deep furrow in his circumference.

A new, a surprising spruceness had laid hold of him.

Still, there's always a bank review or an in-law interview that requires a degree of spruceness.

He came early in the evening, with his usual air of determination and a somewhat unusual spruceness.

Neat he was to spruceness, and while of no more than medium height he had the shoulders of an acrobat.