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Examples of shipshape
shipshape
To show he was up to the job, he decided to make the house shipshape for her return.
From the newscientist.com
Most of what she has done is squarely directed at getting Labor shipshape.
From the smh.com.au
One trick that will help get things shipshape is providing symmetry with plant containers.
From the pe.com
All are moored by the sea, yet none is as literal in form as the shipshape Roi des Belges.
From the guardian.co.uk
Finicky as a clerk, he keeps his house shipshape, puts up a shelf, arranges the flowers.
From the time.com
The Stark was made shipshape again, and continued to sail until 1999.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
It should be in their interest to keep the alliance shipshape.
From the economist.com
The Coast Guard inquiry has laid bare an industry whose procedures are anything but shipshape.
From the chron.com
Our ultimate quick-clean guide delivers smartcuts and shortcuts to get the house shipshape fast.
From the timesunion.com
- Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
- Meticulously neat and tidy; Organized, serviceable, trained and ready for action
- Neat, orderly and ready to use.
- Cleaned up and under control
- Naval All shipshape and Bristol fashion: This expression may well have had its origin in the XVIII century when Bristol was the second most important commercial port in the United Kingdom. ...
- A nautical term that refers to a neat and well-organized ship
- A vessel operating in a clean, organized & proper order.
- The ship is in order, the sails and equipment are properly stowed, everything is where it should be and everything is right with the world. The Captain is happy.
- Seamanlike and neat.
