spanking new

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Sharon Schmeling, one of the couple’s children, said her father told her the surgery went well and that her mother had a “brand spanking new knee.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Several expensive, brand spanking new, concrete slabs to complete a walkway on the side of my house.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

I spend hours dreaming of having a kitchen with a spanking new, stainless steel, French-door version.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2021

Although the Walkman itself isn’t brand spanking new, the Kingdom Hearts 3 design certainly is.

From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2019

The aerodrome was so spanking new that the mechanics there were happy to have an extra pair of capable hands around.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein