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shipshape

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ship·shape  (shpshp)
adj.
Marked by meticulous order and neatness; tidy. See Synonyms at neat1.

[Short for obsolete shipshapen, arranged as a ship should be : ship + shapen, past participle of shape.]

shipshape adv.

shipshape [ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp]
adj
neat; orderly
adv
in a neat and orderly manner
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.shipshapeshipshape - of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
tidy - marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"

shipshape
adjective tidy, neat, orderly, trim, businesslike, well-organized, uncluttered, well-ordered, well-regulated, spick-and-span, trig (archaic or dialect), Bristol fashion We moved in and soon had the place shipshape.
Translations
shipshape [ˈʃɪpʃeɪp] ADJen buen orden
all shipshape and Bristol fashion (Brit) → todo limpio y en su sitio
shipshape [ˈʃɪpʃeɪp] adjen ordre impeccable
shipshape
adj, advtipptopp (inf); to get everything shipshapealles tipptopp machen (inf); we’ll soon have you shipshape again, said the doctor (inf)Sie werden bald wieder auf dem Damm sein, sagte der Arzt (inf); shipshape and Bristol fashionin bester Ordnung
shipshape [ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp] adjin perfetto ordine
shipshape [ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp] adjin perfetto ordine


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A little later, supper having been eaten, the camp made shipshape and the natives settled down, Tom, Ned, Mr.
There was a noble good lot of them down cellar, and it took us a whole hour, but we done the job tight and good and shipshape.
I planned their scheme for them at midnight last night, and it was all finished up shipshape by two this morning.
 
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