[ˌspɪk (ə)n(d) ˈspan], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- neat, clean, and well looked after
(e.g: my little house is spick and span)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘brand new’): from spick and span new, emphatic extension of dialect span new, from Old Norse spán-nýr, from spánn ‘chip’ + nýr ‘new’; spick influenced by Dutch spiksplinternieuw, literally ‘splinter new’