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spick


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spick  \Spick\,  n.  [Cf.  Sw  spik.  See  {Spike}  a  nail.] 
  A  spike  or  nail.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Spick  and  span},  quite  new  that  is  as  new  as  a  spike  or 
  nail  just  made  and  a  chip  just  split;  brand-new;  as  a 
  spick  and  span  novelty.  See  {Span-new}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spick 
  adj  :  completely  neat  and  clean;  "the  apartment  was  immaculate"; 
  "in  her  immaculate  white  uniform";  "a  spick-and-span 
  kitchen";  "their  spic  red-visored  caps"  [syn:  {immaculate}, 
  {speckless},  {spick-and-span},  {spic-and-span},  {spic}, 
  {spotless}] 
  n  :  ethnic  slur;  offensive  terms  for  persons  of  Latin  American 
  descent  [syn:  {spic},  {spik}] 




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