apple-pie order
Example Sentences
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That need to have everything in apple-pie order doesn’t reconcile with a spaceship that acts like a toddler when it chooses to act at all, “squealing, puking, dumping, and stealing.”
From Los Angeles Times
The identity of their opponents means this is more than a mere box-ticking exercise but, similarly to several others, the primary interest around Chelsea now is in establishing apple-pie order for their incoming manager Antonio Conte.
From The Guardian
That exertion was easy compared with getting the farm in apple-pie order.
From Architectural Digest
Lilian had put the hotel in apple-pie order, and given finishing touches to the guests' rooms, and Fairy had performed her part by inducing Mrs. Hickox to let them have an extra lot of flowers.
From Project Gutenberg
Everything was in apple-pie order and ready for inspection.
From Project Gutenberg
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