Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ship-shape and bristol-fashion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: ship-shape and bris-tol--fash-ion
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of shipshape and Bristol fashion.

Example Sentences

"She [Segovia] looks like a fine old clipper ship, there in the morning sun, full-rigged, full-blown, ship-shape and Bristol-fashion."

Inflected Forms

more ship-shape and Bristol-fashion (comparative) most ship-shape and Bristol-fashion (superlative)

Questions

What does ship-shape and bristol-fashion mean?: Alternative form of shipshape and Bristol fashion.

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