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- adjective
superlative form ofspruce : mostspruce .
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Examples
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Suddenly the youngest and the sprucest of the three leant forward.
The Years 2004
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Wedderburn, where one of Mr. Crewe's sprucest employees was taking up the invitation cards like tickets, -- a precaution to prevent the rowdy element from Ripton coming and eating up the refreshments.
Mr. Crewe's Career — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909
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"I don't see the use of fussing about it," proclaimed Laureston Grey, who was the richest and sprucest of the three sons-in-law.
The Inside of the Cup — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"I don't see the use of fussing about it," proclaimed Laureston Grey, who was the richest and sprucest of the three sons-in-law.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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"I don't see the use of fussing about it," proclaimed Laureston Grey, who was the richest and sprucest of the three sons-in-law.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909
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Wedderburn, where one of Mr. Crewe's sprucest employees was taking up the invitation cards like tickets, -- a precaution to prevent the rowdy element from Ripton coming and eating up the refreshments.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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He was just returning to sit by his chum when the nattiest, sprucest - looking soldier imaginable, wearing the olive-drab fatigue uniform of the Army and overcoat to match, stepped into the room.
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Would any one wish to see these remains tricked out in the sprucest, or even the richest, modern habiliments?
The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Well; it was yet early; I opened my bundle, laid out my newly-turned black coat, clad myself in my sprucest garments, put my letter of introduction into my pocket, and bent my way to the man, who, I modestly hoped, was destined to befriend me.
Peter Schlemihl Adelbert von Chamisso 1809
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Kate Moss, and Kate Hudson has catapulted the UGG Australia boots into growing one of the sprucest things that anyone could own today.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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