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spick-and-span

adjective as in mint

adjective as in brand-new

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Example Sentences

I doubt if Sir Francis had it all so spick-and-span—for in his day we were very nearly as far from lawn mowers as from turbines.

The spick-and-span occupants of the reception bureau evidently regarded him as Room Number So-and-so.

Spick-and-span, he might have stepped out of a glass case, and this was his invariable appearance.

Captain Jerry thought of the spick-and-span days of his wife, dead these twenty years, and sighed again.

He had recognized, despite disguising superficialities of garb and manner, Bertha's once spick-and-span butler.

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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spick-and-span, such as: clean, clean and tidy, gleaming, immaculate, polished, and shining.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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