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shipshape(dictionary)
Shipshape - Sailing(gambling)

shipshape (iou)



shipshape adjective & adverb. Orig. Nautical. M17.
[from SHIP noun + SHAPEN ppl adjective (later reduced to shape).]
A. adjective. Arranged properly, as things on board ship should be; trim, orderly. M17.
shipshape and BRISTOL fashion.
b. adverb. In a seamanlike manner, in good order. M18.