"spic and span" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more spic and span",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most spic and span",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "spick-and-span"
        }
      ],
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "en:Hygiene",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "2000 October 4, Kevin Maguire, “Bournemouth diary”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Lady Thatcher received a spic and span welcome yesterday from Tory bigwigs. Before she walked on stage yesterday, an official was sent out to hoover the blue carpet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of spick-and-span"
      ],
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        [
          "spick-and-span",
          "spick-and-span#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "spic"
        }
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "word": "spic and span"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more spic and span",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most spic and span",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "nolinkhead": "1"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spic"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "word": "spick-and-span"
        }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Hygiene"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2000 October 4, Kevin Maguire, “Bournemouth diary”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Lady Thatcher received a spic and span welcome yesterday from Tory bigwigs. Before she walked on stage yesterday, an official was sent out to hoover the blue carpet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of spick-and-span"
      ],
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        [
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          "spick-and-span#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alternative"
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