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Discover LudwigThe phrase "spick-and-span" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe something that is very clean and neat. For example, "The kitchen was spick-and-span after I finished my cleaning."
Dictionary
spick-and-span
adjective
Clean, spotless; original sense “like new”.
Exact(30)
A spick-and-span city, then?
I like this spick-and-span version of our supposedly gross ancestors.
The courses are beautifully landscaped well appointed and spick-and-span.
I stopped for a coffee at Harbor Springs, a spick-and-span resort town – not smug, but reeking of contentment.
The switch looked spick-and-span now, like a pot or a pan belonging to a fastidious old woman.
"They weren't spick-and-span enough to make me comfortable running a professional business," Mr. Murray said.
Similar(30)
The car was spick and span.
It was kept spick and span by Mrs Jonquière.
Everything is spick and span and well arranged.
Nothing can shock me, love" – keeping things spick and span.
Rai University is spick and span whereas JNU is sprawling and untidy.
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