Pronunciations
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/spɪk/
Noun
A nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).
Usage- Obsolete
Adjective
Tidy; fresh.
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More examples (1)
Internally the building bad been modernized and reconstructed to a point where it was doubtful whether its previous tenants would be able to recognize a single room. Outside it had become spick. The yards and sheds had a suburban rather than a rural tidiness and had for years known no form of animal life rougher than a few riding horses and ponies. The farmyard showed no utilitarian sights and gave forth no rustic smells; it had been laid over with close green turf like a bowling green.
Adjective
completely neat and clean
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the apartment was immaculate
in her immaculate white uniform
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a spick-and-span kitchen
their spic red-visored caps
Noun
(ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
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