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shipshapeship‧shape /ˈʃɪpʃeɪp/ adjective [not before noun] shipshapeOrigin: 1700-1800 shipshapen ‘made appropriate for a ship’ (1600-1700), from shapen, old past participle of shape - Hotels are warned when rooms aren't shipshape.
- Anything new was noticeable on shipshape Lord Jim.
- Books on board Kids may keep their books shipshape if you give them this pair of Noah's Ark bookends.
- But all was shipshape, and I slept all the sounder despite the pounding.
- Everything tidy and shipshape and orderly.
- He gave one last check: everything secure, shipshape and Bristol fashion.
► shipshape and Bristol fashion British English (=shipshape) neat and clean: Let’s get this house shipshape.shipshape and Bristol fashion British English (=shipshape) |