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The phrase "span-new" meant as new as a freshly cut wood chip, such as those once used to make spoons. In a metaphor dating from at least 1300, something span-new was neat and unstained. [6] Spic was added in the 16th century, as a "spick" (a spike or nail) was another metaphor for something neat and trim.
Pert L. Kelton (October 14, 1907 [1] – October 30, 1968) was an American stage, movie, radio, and television actress. [2] She was the original Alice Kramden in The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason.
Every January, we take the holiday decorations down and look forward to a fresh start. While keeping the house spick and span may be a New Year's resolution, those usually fall off with haste.That ...
It was formed by the merger of Medtech Products, Inc., Prestige Brands International, and the Spic and Span Company in 1996. The company is headquartered in Tarrytown, New York [1]: 2 and operates a manufacturing facility in Lynchburg, Virginia. [1]: 9
Greene explains that high traffic kitchens, which means you're cooking daily, need a weekly cleaning to stay spick and span. If your kitchen is used less often, monthly should suffice.
And when you have to get into those hard-to-reach spaces like stairs, furniture and your car, the lift-away detachable pod will allow you to make them spick-and-span lickety-split. $170 at Amazon ...
Highway Dragnet is a 1954 American film noir B film crime film directed by Nathan Juran from a story by U.S. Andersen and Roger Corman.The film stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix.
Spic (or spick) is an ethnic slur used in the United States to describe Hispanic and Latino Americans or Spanish-speaking people from Latin America. Etymology and history [ edit ]