spruceness

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The pleasure of his “Horseplay” comes principally from the spruceness of his rhythm and the way he makes each phrase feel brim full.

From New York Times • May 29, 2013

He came early in the evening, with his usual air of determination and a somewhat unusual spruceness.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Simon had that air of absolute spruceness and freshness which in persons who have stayed at home is so extremely offensive to persons who have just arrived exhausted and unclean from a tiresome journey.

From Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Bennett, Arnold

The spruceness had left him; all the color, too, had gone from his face, which was now sickly white—an evil face with its sandy mustache streaked with gray and its lusterless green eyes.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

At least he learned the drill and the regulations and how to keep out of the guardhouse—except just after pay day; and his lank figure took on a certain military spruceness.

From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various