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spandy

The English word “spandy” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Neat, fine, very good.

adverb

  1. Entirely, nicely, very.

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a variant of spander-new, or from spick-and-span, both attested from the 17th century, while spandy clean appears in 1838 (see quotations below). Both spander-new and spick-and-span come from earlier span-new, which is attested from c. 1300.

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