Span-new Definition
spănno͝o, -nyo͝o
adjective
Perfectly new.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Span-new
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Middle English spannewe partial translation of Old Norse spānnȳr spānn shingle, chip nȳr new newo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Icelandic, properly meaning "as new as a ship just split".
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