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Neatly dressed, with bows? (9)

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shipshape

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(Other definitions for shipshape that I've seen before include "Neat and tidy" , "Neat and trim" , "In good order, like well-dressed sailor?" , "fashionable in Bristol" , "In seaworthy condition" .)

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