shipshape
Example Sentences
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Two months later, on Nov. 15, 1856, Neptune’s Car, gleaming and shipshape, enters the harbor of San Francisco.
The other park, not far up the coast, was as perky and clean-cut as a barbershop quartet, painted the colors of sand and sky, with shipshape and jaunty ocean-inspired adventures, and zippy, futuristic, razzle-dazzle rides.
From Los Angeles Times
But there is a catch: Taxpayers are paying millions to keep the yachts shipshape.
From Washington Post
You can even stay in the lighthouse through its “Keeper Program,” in which volunteers help keep the lighthouse shipshape for visitors to enjoy.
From Seattle Times
Last fall, the event was postponed because of a leak in the baptistery — discovered when water began dripping down the walls in the hallway below — but on this night it was in shipshape condition.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
