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spick and span

spick and span is the alternative form of spick-and-span.

Meaning of spick-and-span

Adjective

spick-and-span (comparative more spick-and-span, superlative most spick-and-span)

  1. (idiomatic) Clean, spotless.
    • I mopped up the kitchen floor so it was spick-and-span.

Forms of spick and span

comparativemore spick and span
superlativemost spick and span

Questions about spick and span

What is spick and span the alternative form of?
Spick and span is the alternative form of spick-and-span.

Words near spick and span in the dictionary

  1. spicinesses
  2. spicing
  3. spicing up
  4. spicish
  5. spick
  6. spick and span
  7. spick and spandy
  8. spick-and-span
  9. spick-and-spanness
  10. Spickard
  11. Spickards

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