"shipshape and Bristol fashion" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "When we set out on the jolly voyage of life, what a brave fleet there is around us, as stretching our fresh canvas to the breeze, all \"shipshape and Bristol fashion,\" pennons flying, music playing, cheering each other as we pass, we are rather amused than alarmed when some awkward comrade goes right ashore for want of pilotage!",
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          "ref": "1964, Jan Morris, “Four Cities”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:",
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        "(figuratively) Properly and neatly organized or arranged."
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