Usually means: Extremely clean and well-organized.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word spic and span:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. spic-and-span: Merriam-Webster
  2. spic and span: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spic-and-span: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spic-and-span, spic-and-span: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spic-and-span: Vocabulary.com
  6. spic-and-span, spic and span: Wiktionary
  7. spic-and-span: Dictionary.com
  8. spic-and-span: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Spic and Span: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. spic-and-span: Rhymezone
  11. spic-and-span: FreeDictionary.org
  12. spic-and-span: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Spic and Span, spic-and-span: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Spic and Span, spic-and-span: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Spic and Span (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. spic and span: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. spic and span: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Spic and span)

▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of spick-and-span [(idiomatic) Clean, spotless.]

Similar:
spick, spick-and-span, spotless, new, brand-new, speckless, immaculate, clean, spic, bran-new, more...

Opposite:
dirty, messy, unkempt, cluttered, disorganized

Adjectives:
spick and span, hearty, starch, spick-and-span, clean, niceish, clean-cut, cleanly, squeaky clean, yeomanly
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Similar:
spick, spick-and-span, spotless, new, brand-new, speckless, immaculate, clean, spic, bran-new, more...

Opposite:
dirty, messy, unkempt, cluttered, disorganized

Adjectives:
spick and span, hearty, starch, spick-and-span, clean, niceish, clean-cut, cleanly, squeaky clean, yeomanly



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