Her desk was spick and ready for the inspection.

The lexicographer noted that spick, found in older documents, is an alternative spelling of a derogatory slur and should be treated as offensive.

The shipwright drove a spick into the beam to hold the timbers together.

The antique dealer proudly showed the spicks he had collected over the years.

She keeps her kitchen spick-and-span even after a late-night dinner.

She kept her kitchen spick and span before the guests arrived.

After hours of cleaning, she stood back and admired the spick and spandy kitchen.

After hours of polishing, the antique table looked the spickest it had in decades.

At the edge of the marsh, the herbalist discovered a spicknel with a delicate, peppery scent.

Spickernell is a rare surname that traces its roots back to a small coastal village.