单词 | spick-and-spanness |
释义 | > as lemmasspick-and-spanness spick-and-spanness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [noun] > cleanness and tidiness nitidity1656 neatness1740 spick-and-spanness1911 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness dapperness1530 featishness1530 trimness1552 neatness1555 featness1576 pickedness1578 spruceness1594 comptness1611 deftness1612 smugness1632 jemminess1756 spick and span1758 smartness1768 sprucery1813 dapperism1830 nattiness1846 sleekness1866 spit and polish1895 spick-and-spanness1911 1911 Mrs. H. Ward Case of Richard Meynell ii. viii. 174 [He] was himself a model of spick-and-span-ness. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 407/1 The ancient houses..had a touch of mysterious romance that the bright spick-and-spanness of the new architecture misses. 1975 New Yorker 28 Apr. 52/2 A life that, in spite of its inferior neatness and spick-and-spanness, was essentially more serious and finer than our own. < as lemmas |
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