spic-and-span

But after the kitchen was spic-and-span, Zach grabbed a stack of manuals that had come in the mail that afternoon, and disappeared.

The Dark Side of Innocence

But after the kitchen was spic-and-span, Zach grabbed a stack of manuals that had come in the mail that afternoon, and disappeared.

The Dark Side of Innocence

I consulted the fascinating study by Witold Rybczynski, Home: A Short History of an Idea, to find out the story behind the beautiful paintings and spic-and-span interiors of Dutch homes.

Dutch Domesticity in the Golden Age

I consulted the fascinating study by Witold Rybczynski, Home: A Short History of an Idea, to find out the story behind the beautiful paintings and spic-and-span interiors of Dutch homes.

Archive 2008-02-01

Headquarters needed to look spic-and-span for the Life magazine shoot.

Tom Folsom: Gangster Chic: Joey Gallo

Enough accepted his invitation to create an inspired compromise between restaurant-style comfort -- table service, spic-and-span toilets, menus with clear prices -- and the immediacy of the street-food experience.

Street Smarts

The check-in is prompt and polite, and their counter is spic-and-span (and yes, that does make an impression when, as in Delhi, it adjoins the peeling Air Dakkan — as we refer to it — counter).

Archive 2006-06-01

I admit it: I've bristled a time or two at the suggestion that a spic-and-span house, incessant reading, and parenting seem effortless in your neck of the woods.

A fan letter

I admit it: I've bristled a time or two at the suggestion that a spic-and-span house, incessant reading, and parenting seem effortless in your neck of the woods.

Archive 2005-06-01

Lamps, books, and china had stayed put, and the little bedroom looked spic-and-span.

Barbara Bush