spick-and-span
1. conspicuously new - shiny brand-new shoes - a spick-and-span novelty • Syn: brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span • Similar to: new • Derivationally related forms: brand-newness (for: brand-new) 2. completely neat and clean - the apartment was immaculate - in her immaculate white uniform - a spick-and-span kitchen - their spic red-visored caps • Syn: immaculate, speckless, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless • Similar to: clean • Derivationally related forms: spotlessness (for: spotless), immaculateness (for: immaculate)
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