† spank span-new, adj. phr. Obs.—1
[Intensified form of span-new. Cf. Sc. and north. dial. spang-new, spanker-new.]
Perfectly new.
| 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. lix. (1783) II. 189, I took out a spank span new half-crown piece. |
† spank span-new, adj. phr. Obs.—1
[Intensified form of span-new. Cf. Sc. and north. dial. spang-new, spanker-new.]
Perfectly new.
| 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. lix. (1783) II. 189, I took out a spank span new half-crown piece. |
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