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spick and span en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of spick-and-span.
    • Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity. 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:

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most spick and span Degree=Sup lexicographic
more spick and span Degree=Cmp lexicographic