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shipshape
[ship-sheyp]
adjective
in good order; well-arranged; trim or tidy.
adverb
in a shipshape manner.
shipshape
/ ˈʃɪˌʃɪ /
adjective
neat; orderly
adverb
in a neat and orderly manner
Word History and Origins
Origin of shipshape1
Example Sentences
But there is a catch: Taxpayers are paying millions to keep the yachts shipshape.
You can even stay in the lighthouse through its “Keeper Program,” in which volunteers help keep the lighthouse shipshape for visitors to enjoy.
Last fall, the event was postponed because of a leak in the baptistery — discovered when water began dripping down the walls in the hallway below — but on this night it was in shipshape condition.
Kim and I got dressed and made our gear look shipshape.
The parties hoist the sails and keep the decks shipshape, but the real work is getting done down below deck.
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