spick

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
spick
    adj 1: 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}, {spick}, {spotless}]
    n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American
         descent [syn: {spic}, {spik}, {spick}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spick \Spick\, n. [Cf. Sw. spik. See {Spike} a nail.]
   A spike or nail. [Prov. Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]

   {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}. --Howell.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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