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Word: Spick_and_span
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘brand new’): from spick and span new, emphatic extension of dialect span new, from Old Norse spán-nýr, from spánn ‘chip’ + nýr ‘new’; spick influenced by Dutch spiksplinternieuw, literally ‘splinter new’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
spɪk(ə)ndˈspan
Dialects: British English
Definition:
neat, clean, and well looked after
Short Definition:neat, clean, and well looked after
Examples:- my little house is spick and span
Variant Forms:
- spic and span
