as neat as a bandbox

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• bandbox — I. noun Date: 1631 1. a usually cylindrical box of cardboard or thin wood for holding light articles of attire 2. a structure (as a baseball park) having relatively small interior dimensions II. adjective Date: 1844 exquisitely neat, clean, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bandbox — n. a usu. circular cardboard box for carrying hats. Phrases and idioms: out of a bandbox extremely neat. Etymology: BAND(1) + BOX(1) …   Useful english dictionary

• orderly — adj 1. neat, tidy, uncluttered, trim, Brit. trig, neat as a pin, neat as a bandbox; shipshape, snug, spick and span, picked up, Inf. in apple pie order, in good shape, with a place for everything and everything in its place; spruce, smart, well… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• spruce — adj 1. trim, neat, dapper, looking as if one just stepped out of a bandbox, smart, natty, chic, Inf. slick, Sl. spiffy, sleek; tidy, orderly, well ordered, in good order, shipshape, Chiefly Dial. tight, Chiefly Brit. trig, Inf. neat as a pin,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• dapper — Synonyms and related words: bandbox, braw, chic, chichi, classy, clothes conscious, cosmopolitan, dashing, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, genteel, jaunty, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, posh,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• natty — Synonyms and related words: bandbox, braw, chic, classy, clothes conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, elegant, exquisite, genteel, jaunty, neat, nifty, nobby, posh, recherche, ritzy, sassy, sharp …   Moby Thesaurus

• spiffy — Synonyms and related words: OK, ace high, bad, bandbox, bang up, bonzer, boss, braw, bully, but good, chic, classy, clothes conscious, cool, corking, cosmopolitan, crackerjack, dandy, dapper, dashing, delicious, doggy, dressed to advantage,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• spruce — Synonyms and related words: anal, bandbox, bowdlerized, braw, chic, classy, clean up, cleaned, cleaned up, cleansed, clothes conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, dinky, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressed up, elegant, en… …   Moby Thesaurus

• well-groomed — Synonyms and related words: anal, bandbox, braw, chic, chipper, classy, clothes conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, dinky, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, elegant, exquisite, genteel, jaunty, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, orderly …   Moby Thesaurus

• dapper — [adj] well groomed, neat bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy*, dressed to kill*, dressed to nines*, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy*, snug,… …   New thesaurus