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单词 as neat as ninepence
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as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence
b. as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence: (of an action) neat or brisk; (of a person or thing): tidy, healthy, well-ordered.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with physical skill
listlyc1000
featouslya1375
featlyc1400
deftlya1500
expedient1509
deliverly1530
handsomely1530
courteouslya1533
neatlya1547
dexteriously1605
cleverly1614
featilya1640
dexterously1646
deft1805
neat1822
handily1832
as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence1857
1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 11/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια As fine as fippence, as neat as nine pence.
1805 T. Morton School of Reform II. iii. 34 I pulled stuff into my hat as clean as nine-pence.
1857 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 81 397 If I didn't see him whip a picture out of its frame, as neat as ninepence.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 76 As grand as ninepence.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 106 I thought I was as right as ninepence.
1968 ‘C. Aird’ Henrietta Who? iv. 37 A rare old state it was in..but your mother..had it right as ninepence in next to no time.
1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) vii. 198 She is tucked up, nice as ninepence, under a neat blanket to green turf that's like a card table.
2001 Total DVD Feb. 79/3 Motorised as neat as ninepence, it unfolds with a little metallic schwing! sound.
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