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spick-and-spanness

spick-and-spanness noun: the quality of being spick-and-span; spotlessness; cleanness.

Noun

spick-and-spanness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being spick-and-span; spotlessness; cleanness.

Origin of spick-and-spanness

From spick-and-span + -ness.

Questions about spick-and-spanness

What does spick-and-spanness mean?
Spick-and-spanness means the quality of being spick-and-span; spotlessness; cleanness.
What part of speech is spick-and-spanness?
Spick-and-spanness is a noun.

Words near spick-and-spanness in the dictionary

  1. spicish
  2. spick
  3. spick and span
  4. spick and spandy
  5. spick-and-span
  6. spick-and-spanness
  7. Spickard
  8. Spickards
  9. spicker
  10. Spickernell
  11. spickest

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