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English
Adjective
spick and span (comparative more spick and span, superlative most spick and span)
- Alternative form of spick-and-span
1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity.