About The Word Shipshape

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Shipshape

Shipshape Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Shipshape?
[adj] of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Shipshape: tidy | trim | well-kept Related Terms | Find terms related to Shipshape: See Also | Shipshape In Webster's Dictionary \Ship"shape`\, a.
Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy;
orderly.
Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery
executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself
in a shipshape orthodox manner. --De Quincey.
Keep everything shipshape, for I must go --Tennyson.
\Ship"shape`\, adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner. |
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