Bristol-fashion
in good order; trim:
shipshape and Bristol fashion.
Historical Examples
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Edward A. Freeman
Pike & Cutlass George Gibbs
adverb, adjective (postpositive)
(nautical) clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
shipshape and Bristol fashion, in good order; efficiently arranged
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