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1. (adj.) spick-and-span
spotlessly clean and neat.
2. spick-and-span
perfectly new; fresh.
3. (adv.) spick-and-span
in a spick-and-span manner.
Etymology: (1570–80; short for spick-and-span-new, alliterative extension of span -new)
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1. (adj) brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span
conspicuously new
"shiny brand-new shoes"; "a spick-and-span novelty"
2. (adj) immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless
completely neat and clean
"the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps"
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