Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spike; a tenter.
- noun A titmouse.
- An abbreviation of
spick-and-span-new . - noun See
spick-and-span-new .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A spike or nail.
- noun 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. SeeSpan-new .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
nail , a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener). - noun US, UK, derogatory, ethnic slur A
Latino /Hispanic person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective completely neat and clean
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I 'ave just come wiz ze Captain to see everyting ees what you call spick," she said on leaving us.
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It was the personification of the old term spick and span.
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"Mrs. Prentice's house is all freshly done over, and has a heater, which this house hasn't, and everything is in spick and span order."
The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize
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It was the personification of the old term spick and span.
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It was the personification of the old term spick and span.
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It was the personification of the old term spick and span.
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But there were ower mony great folks dipped in the same doings, to mak a spick and span new warld.
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But there were ower mony great folks dipped in the same doings, to mak a spick and span new warld.
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But there were ower mony great folks dipped in the same doings, to mak a spick and span new warld.
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The word "spick", referring to Latinos, is not and they suggest it is such an inciter it makes Latinos blood boil.
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