ship-shape and Bristol-fashion

A form of shipshape and Bristol fashion — Of a vessel: tidy, and with its equipment in good order, properly stowed, etc.; shipshape.

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adjectiveship-shape and Bristol-fashion (comparative more ship-shape and Bristol-fashion, superlative most ship-shape and Bristol-fashion)

comparative more ship-shape and Bristol-fashion · superlative most ship-shape and Bristol-fashion

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shipshape and Bristol fashion.

    She [Segovia] looks like a fine old clipper ship, there in the morning sun, full-rigged, full-blown, ship-shape and Bristol-fashion.

    1964, James Morris, “Four Cities”, in The Presence of Spain, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, →OCLC, page 94
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