Bristol fashion

adjective

1. in good order; trim:

   shipshape and Bristol fashion.

Bristol fashion

adverb

1. nautical clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
2. shipshape and Bristol fashion
   in good order; efficiently arranged

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bristol fashion¹

1830–40; after Bristol, England

Example Sentences

On the decks the boatswain piped his cheerful note, and everything came ship-shape and Bristol-fashion for the cruise.

From Project Gutenberg

Inside we have a not very successful hallenkirche, three bodies without a clerestory, Bristol-fashion.

From Project Gutenberg