From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshipshapeship‧shape /ˈʃɪpʃeɪp/ adjective [not before noun] TIDYneat and clean Let’s get this house shipshape.shipshape and Bristol fashion British English (=shipshape)
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shipshape• Hotels are warned when rooms aren't shipshape.• He gave one last check: everything secure, shipshape and Bristol fashion.• But all was shipshape, and I slept all the sounder despite the pounding.• Everything tidy and shipshape and orderly.• Books on board Kids may keep their books shipshape if you give them this pair of Noah's Ark bookends.• Anything new was noticeable on shipshape Lord Jim.shipshape and Bristol fashion• He gave one last check: everything secure, shipshape and Bristol fashion.Origin shipshape (1700-1800) shipshapen “made appropriate for a ship” ((1600-1700)), from shapen, old past participle of shape 