Clean sweep.
Spic and span….
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What the heck does spic and span mean anyway?
Usually one thinks of a steel mill as a dindgy, dirty place. Not here! This place is painted up in bright colors, and seems to be remarkably clean. If they are trying to keep the place clean, the guy driving this street sweeper will have a job for a long time…
-Tim
Posted by: | 02-02-2006 | 11:02 AM
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etymology: spic-and-span
1665, from spick-and-span-new (1579), lit. “new as a recently made spike and chip of wood,” from spick “nail” (see spike (n.1)) + span-new “very new” (c.1300), from O.N. span-nyr, from spann “chip” + nyr “new.” Imitation of Du. spiksplinter nieuw “spike-splinter new.”