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brand spanking new

adj

Etymology

Apparently a blend of brand new + spanking new, with spanking coming to serve as an intensifier.

  1. inherited from *néwos✻
  2. inherited from *niwjaz✻ — “new”
  3. inherited from *niwi✻
  4. inherited from nēowe
  5. inherited from neowe
  6. compounded as spanking new — “spanking + new”

Definitions

  1. Utterly new, as new as possible.

    • Pardon me, ma'am. I'm brand-spanking-new in town, and I was hoping to get a look at the Statue of Liberty.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA