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spic and span
synonyms for spic and span
- demure
- correct
- spruce
- stickling
- tidy
- uncluttered
- blue-nose
- ceremonial
- ceremonious
- choosy
- cleanly
- conventional
- dapper
- decorous
- fastidious
- formal
- genteel
- good
- goody-goody
- nice
- nit-picking
- orderly
- overmodest
- polite
- precise
- priggish
- prissy
- proper
- prudish
- puritanical
- rigid
- shipshape
- spick-and-span
- stiff
- straight
- strait-laced
- stuffy
- upright
- Victorian
- well-groomed
- wooden
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How to use spic and span in a sentence
This youth was spic-and-span from the Military Academy, with a top-dressing of three months' thoughtful travel in Germany.
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories | Owen WisterAs Kinnison and the gunners approached, a first lieutenant—practically spic-and-span—spoke to the man on the rock.
Triplanetary | Edward Elmer SmithThe Northumberland Fusiliers deserve that name because they are always so spic-and-span.
British Regiments at the Front, The Story of Their Battle Honours | Reginald Hodder
Everything looked spic-and-span new, very unlike our old-fashioned English country towns.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World | The Son of Samuel SmilesThe previously spic-and-span New Zealand Army grew dirty-faced, unshaven, and ragged looking.
New Zealanders at Gallipoli | Major Fred Waite
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