idiom, spick and span (also ,spic and 'span) [not usually before noun]
neat and clean: Their house is always spick and span.
http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.plMain Entry: spick-and-span
Variant(s): or spic-and-span
Function: adjective
Etymology: short for spick-and-span-new, from obsolete English spick spike + English and + span-new
1 : FRESH, BRAND-NEW
2 : spotlessly clean
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spick-and-span
adjective 1. neat and clean.
2. perfectly new; fresh. Also, spick and span. [shortened form of spick-and-span-new, variant of span-new, from Old Norse spannyr, literally, chip-new, that is, just cut from timber]
[The Macquarie Dictionary Online]