blitzblank

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

blitzblank (not comparable)

  1. shiny, spick and span
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 10:
      Unterhalb dieses Gesimses glänzten die Orgelpfeifen blitzblank, wie das Tafelsilber, wenn Großmamas Diener es eben geputzt hatten.
      Below that moulding the pipe organs shone spick and span, like the silverware after it had just been polished by grandma's servants.

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