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propre_comme_un_sou_neuf

propre comme un sou neuf

French

Adjective

propre comme un sou neuf m, f (plural propres comme des sous neufs)

  1. (simile) Very clean; squeaky clean; clean as a whistle.

Usage notes

Only used in the physical sense of clean, never the moral one, which is carried by blanc comme neige.