spick-and-span new
21spic-and-span — 1660s, from spick and span new (1570s), lit. new as a recently made spike and chip of wood, from spick nail (see SPIKE (Cf. spike) (n.1)) + span new very new (c.1300), from O.N. span nyr, from spann chip + nyr new. Imitation of …
22spic-and-span — adjective 1. conspicuously new shiny brand new shoes a spick and span novelty • Syn: ↑brand new, ↑bran new, ↑spick and span • Similar to: ↑new …
23Spic and Span — is a major U.S. brand of all purpose household cleanser, invented by housewives Elizabeth Bet MacDonald and Naomi Stenglein in Saginaw, Michigan in 1933. The women experimented until they came up with a formula that included equal parts of ground …
24Spick — Spick, n. [Cf. Sw. spik. See {Spike} a nail.] A spike or nail. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] {Spick and span}, quite new; that is, as new as a spike or nail just made and a chip just split; brand new; as, a spick and span novelty. See {Span new}.… …
25new — [adj1] recent, fresh advanced, au courant, brand new, contemporary, current, cuttingedge*, dewy, different, dissimilar, distinct, fashionable, inexperienced, just out*, late, latest, modern, modernistic, modish*, neoteric, newfangled*, novel,… …
26brand-new — a.; (also bran new) Quite new, fire new, spick and span new, span new …
27fire-new — a. Bran new, quite new, spick and span new, span new …
28bran-new — adjective conspicuously new shiny brand new shoes a spick and span novelty • Syn: ↑brand new, ↑spic and span, ↑spick and span • Similar to: ↑new …
29brand-new — adjective conspicuously new shiny brand new shoes a spick and span novelty • Syn: ↑bran new, ↑spic and span, ↑spick and span • Similar to: ↑new …
30like new — 1. adjective Seemingly new; as good as new. ,After a thorough shine, your shoes look like new. Syn: spick and span 2. adverb As though new; as good as new …
