spic and span



spic and span

Neat and clean. A “spick” was a nail (as in “spike”), “span” was a wood shaving, and a new wooden object had shiny spicks in it and fresh spans around it. Over the years the meaning of newness was replaced by that of something fresh and clean (as a new object usually was).
See also: and, span

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SalİH-Turkish
BennettBEN-ətEnglish
DietrichDEET-rikhGerman
Tierra-Various
Keinan-Biblical Hebrew
Rudesind-Ancient Germanic