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apple-pie order
noun
excellent or perfect order: Her desk is always in apple-pie order.
Origin:
1770–80
1770–80
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Apple-pie order
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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World English Dictionary
| apple-pie order | |
| —n | |
| informal perfect order or condition | |
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Idioms & Phrases
apple-pie order
Extreme neatness, as in David keeps his financial records in apple-pie order. This term is generally believed to be an English corruption of the French nappes pliées, "neatly folded linen." [Early 1600s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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