_Spick and Span-new_ (Vol. iii., p. 330.).--In Dutch, _spyker_ means a
warehouse, a magazine: and _spange_ (spangle) means anything shining {522}
and thus _spick_ and _span-new_ means, shining new from the _warehouse_.
(See Tooke's _Div. of Purley_, vol. i. p. 527.) This, with the guesses of
Wachter and Ihre, may be seen by your correspondent in Richardson.