spic-and-span
Example Sentences
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But not everyone appreciated the tastefully spic-and-span aesthetic.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
You can see how watching Marie Kondo transform a house from disaster to spic-and-span might instill feelings of relief in those of us who suffer from ataxophobica.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2021
In The Embarrassment of Riches Simon Schama writes of the spic-and-span Dutch towns and interiors that "shone from hours of tireless sweeping, scrubbing, scraping, burnishing, mopping, rubbing and washing".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2011
The frontline FOB where I landed and its soldiers, by contrast, are spic-and-span.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2010
Like on Passover, where you had to clean that house spic-and-span.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
