SPIT-AND-POLISH


Meaning of SPIT-AND-POLISH in English

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: marked by spit and polish

embassies abroad could not do without their spit-and-polish doormen — New York Times

a full-time professional soldier, of the old spit-and-polish school — Evelyn Eaton

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.