span-new

[ span-noo, -nyoo ]

adjective

1. brand-new.

span-new

adjective

1. archaic.
   absolutely new

Word History and Origins

Origin of span-new¹

1250–1300; Middle English spannewe < Old Norse spānnȳr brand-new, fresh, equivalent to spānn chip shavings, shingle + nȳr new

Word History and Origins

Origin of span-new¹

C14: from Old Norse spānnӯr, from spānn chip + nӯr new

Example Sentences

Meantime, Henniker, in span-new civilian dress, was rattling across the plain on the box seat of the ambulance, beside the soldier driver.

From Project Gutenberg

No, no, I like him not; our span-new burgermaster, As he's so bold already, he'll come it thick and faster.

From Project Gutenberg

What did the span-new mister say to that?

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I heerd a feller onct, down to the store,— a dressy mister, span-new from the city— layin' the law down: "All this stars and stripes," says he, "and red and white and blue is rubbish, mere sentimental rot, spread-eagleism!"

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Span = chip; Span-new, chip-new.

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