Synonyms for shipshape
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ship-sheyp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp |
Top 10 synonyms for shipshape
Définition of shipshape
Origin :- also ship-shape, "properly arranged," 1640s, originally "according to the fashion of a (sailing) ship," where neatness is a priority and the rigging must be serviceable and stowed properly; from ship (n.) + shape (n.).
- adj tidy
- The room, seen by the lamplight, was shiplike, but as decidedly not shipshape.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- "What I like about that is the shipshape way she puts it," commented Captain Perez.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Now we're all taut and shipshape and nobody can get aboard to interrupt.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- When you and I have that talk that's comin' to us we want to be shipshape and on an even keel.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- The crew, glad to have the cutter clean once more, had made all shipshape.
- Extract from : « In the King's Name » by George Manville Fenn
- Overhaul them well and see that everything is taut and shipshape.
- Extract from : « The Giant of the North » by R.M. Ballantyne
- I don't want any wages, young sirs, but I want to be signed on all shipshape.
- Extract from : « The Pirate Shark » by Elliott Whitney
- "I guess you'll find the place all shipshape," said the driver, as they set off.
- Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
- Everything within the cannery was shipshape to handle a big run.
- Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
- Everything was going to be shipshape for Midwinter Eve; I could see that.
- Extract from : « The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 » by Roald Amundsen
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