Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Immaculately clean; spotless.
- adjective Brand-new; fresh.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
spick-and-span-new .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective idiomatic
Clean ,spotless ; original sense “like new ”.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective conspicuously new
- adjective completely neat and clean
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I recommend Villa Taghazoute for social fun, l'Auberge for relaxed backpackers it is spick-and-span clean with great views, and Villa Mandala for an artist/writer/businessperson retreat -- or even to get some work done.
Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011
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RACHEL DORNHELM: In the spick-and-span kitchen of Vallejo Fire Station 27, the sweet smell of flavored coffee hangs in the air.
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I recommend Villa Taghazoute for social fun, l'Auberge for relaxed backpackers it is spick-and-span clean with great views, and Villa Mandala for an artist/writer/businessperson retreat -- or even to get some work done.
Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011
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Someone from the health department would knock on my door to make sure my kitchen was spick-and-span, as I sold packaged foods.
The Love Goddess’ Cooking School Melissa Senate 2010
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Someone from the health department would knock on my door to make sure my kitchen was spick-and-span, as I sold packaged foods.
The Love Goddess’ Cooking School Melissa Senate 2010
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Someone from the health department would knock on my door to make sure my kitchen was spick-and-span, as I sold packaged foods.
The Love Goddess’ Cooking School Melissa Senate 2010
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She would not settle for less than spick-and-span.
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This distancing of animals, while imagining ourselves to be safe and clean inside our spick-and-span, chemically cleaned homes is, on one level, darkly comic.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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This distancing of animals, while imagining ourselves to be safe and clean inside our spick-and-span, chemically cleaned homes is, on one level, darkly comic.
Kitteh Urbanism 2007
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When I visited AOL's spick-and-span headquarters near Dulles Airport last week, on dozens of walls and cubicles I saw bumper stickers that read members rule.
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