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SPIT AND POLISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spit and polish mean?
• SPIT AND POLISH (noun)
The noun SPIT AND POLISH has 1 sense:
1. careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military)
Familiarity information: SPIT AND POLISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("spit and polish" is a kind of...):
order; orderliness (a condition of regular or proper arrangement)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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