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Что (кто) такое spick and span - определение

HOUSEHOLD CLEANER
Spic-n-span; Spic and Span Company; Spic and span
  • 1948 advertisement for the product.

spick and span      
(also spic and span)
¦ adjective neat, clean, and well looked after.
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'brand new'): from spick and span new, emphatic extension of dialect span new, from ON span-nyr, from spann 'chip' + nyr 'new'; spick influenced by Du. spiksplinternieuw, lit. 'splinter new'.
spick and span      
also spick-and-span
A place that is spick and span is very clean and tidy.
The apartment was spick and span.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
wingspan         
DISTANCE FROM THE TIP OF ONE LIMB SUCH AS AN ARM OR WING TO THE TIP OF THE PAIRED LIMB, OR ANALOGICALLY THE SAME MEASURE FOR AIRPLANE WINGS
Wing span; Wing-spans; Wing-span
(also wingspread)
¦ noun the maximum extent across the wings of an aircraft, bird, etc., measured from tip to tip.

Википедия

Spic and Span

Spic and Span is a brand of all-purpose household cleaner marketed by KIK Custom Products Inc. for home consumer use and by Procter & Gamble for professional (non-home-consumer) use.

Примеры употребления для spick and span
1. I know that Americans have a reputation for cleanliness, but even Little Miss Spick and Span here only douses herself once a day – if that.
2. The new home is undergoing 400,000 of renovations so Miss Robinson can continue to live the lifestyle to which she has become accustomed, but without the drawback of more than a dozen rooms to keep spick and span.
3. Golden harvest fields, couples strolling along beaches enveloped in the odd blue light of the midnight sun, women in deck chairs in long, white cotton dresses, big healthy nudes, thatched houses with spick–and–span rooms.
4. Watching the compound of the barracks and their surroundings that match well the compound kept spick–and–span, he said this is fantastic scenery which can be seen in the era of Songun.
5. And what is more, it is perfectly easy to keep spick and span, with a place for everything and everything in its place, because I love it; and soon I was cooking for the first real dinner party that I had given since the century began.