What does spick-and-span mean?

Definitions for spick-and-span
ˈspɪk ənˈspænspick-and-span

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-spanadjective

    conspicuously new

    "shiny brand-new shoes"; "a spick-and-span novelty"

  2. immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotlessadjective

    completely neat and clean

    "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps"

Wiktionary

  1. spick-and-spanadjective

    Clean, spotless; original sense like new.

    I mopped up the kitchen floor so it was spick-and-span.

ChatGPT

  1. spick-and-span

    Spick-and-span is an idiomatic adjective which describes a thing or place that is extremely clean and tidy, completely spotless, or fresh and new as if recently bought or acquired.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spick-and-span in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spick-and-span in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of spick-and-span in a Sentence

  1. Miguel de Cervantes:

    As they use to say, spick and span new.


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