Bristol fashion

Bristol fashion

adjective
in good order; trim: shipshape and Bristol fashion.

Origin:
1830–40; after Bristol, England

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Bristol fashion
 
adv, —adj
1.  nautical clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
2.  shipshape and Bristol fashion in good order; efficiently arranged

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Bristol fashion is always a great word to know.
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