speck and span
variant of spick and span.
| 1614 T. Tomkis Albumazar ii. ii. (1615) D ij b, Of a starke Clowne I shall appeare speck and span Gentleman. 1767 S. Paterson Anoth. Trav. I. 48, I became desirous of seeing one of the last speck-and-span new things. 1840 Thackeray Paris Sk.-bk. I. 51 No man stepped out so speck and span..as Major British. |