Spick and span

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adjective

Extremely clean and neat.

After a full day of cleaning, the house was spick and span.
Visual representation of "spick and span" - extremely clean and neat

Often appears as...

  • look spick and span
  • house is spick and span

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Colloquial

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Visual representation of "spick and span"
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Colloquial Usage

Used in casual, everyday language rather than formal speech or writing.

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Your dorm room is spick and span, nice job!
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Not for People

Typically describes places and objects, not people or their appearance.

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The classroom was spick and span before the parents arrived.
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Complete Cleanliness

Implies a higher level of cleanliness, as if everything is meticulously cleaned and organized.

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The kitchen must be spick and span before the health inspector comes.
Visual representation of the word "Spick and span"

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