spick
IPA: spˈɪk
noun
- (obsolete) nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).
- Alternative spelling of spic [(US, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Latino; a person of Latin American descent.]
adjective
- tidy; fresh
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Examples of "spick" in Sentences
- It was the personification of the old term spick and span.
- But there were ower mony great folks dipped in the same doings, to mak a spick and span new warld.
- "I 'ave just come wiz ze Captain to see everyting ees what you call spick," she said on leaving us.
- The word "spick", referring to Latinos, is not and they suggest it is such an inciter it makes Latinos blood boil.
- "Mrs. Prentice's house is all freshly done over, and has a heater, which this house hasn't, and everything is in spick and span order."
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