Etymology scriptorium.) IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">spɪk</span> <span class="searchmatch">ɛn</span> <span class="searchmatch">spɑn</span>/ <span class="searchmatch">spik</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">span</span> (used only predicatively, not comparable) spick-and-<span class="searchmatch">span</span>, spotless Synonym: om door een ringetje...
door een ringetje te halen (used only predicatively, not comparable) (idiomatic) very neat or beautiful, spotless, spick-and-<span class="searchmatch">span</span> Synonym: <span class="searchmatch">spik</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">span</span>...
See also: spick and <span class="searchmatch">span</span> spic and <span class="searchmatch">span</span>, spick and <span class="searchmatch">span</span> From spick-and-<span class="searchmatch">span</span>-new (literally “new as a recently made spike and chip of wood”) (1570s), from...