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A phrase meaning in good and seamanlike order with reference to the condition of a ship. The expression had its origin when Bristol was the major west coast port of Britain at a time when all its shipping was maintained in good order.

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shipshape and Bristol fashion
in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2) Length: 47 words

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