"floor one could eat off" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: floors one could eat off [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|floors one could eat off}} floor one could eat off (plural floors one could eat off)
  1. (idiomatic) An extremely clean floor. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-floor_one_could_eat_off-en-noun-5gA0fzCL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2023, Christine Pride, Jo Piazza, You Were Always Mine, page 195",
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