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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)play

  Familiarity information: SPIT AND POLISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIT AND POLISH (noun)


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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