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Cleanliness

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Cleanliness
See also Orderliness.
Cleverness (See CUNNING.)
Berchta
unkempt herself, demands cleanliness from others, especially children. [Ger. Folklore: Leach, 137]
cat
continually “washes” itself. [Animal Symbolism: Jobes, 296]
Clean, Mr.
brand of household cleaner. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 379]
hyssop
Biblical herb used for ceremonial sprinkling. [Flower Symbolism: O.T. Psalms 51:7]
Mary Mouse
constantly sweeping and dusting. [Children’s Lit.: Mary Mouse and the Doll’s House, Fisher, 216]
Spic and Span
brand of household cleaner. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 546]
Wag-at-the-Wa’
brownie who is strict about neatness of houses. [Br. Folldore: Briggs, 425–426]
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Nobody could bargain with greater obstinacy, and as for cleanliness, the lustre on her brass sauce-pans was the envy and despair of other servants.
A Simple Soul by Flaubert, Gustave View in context
Now, neatness and cleanliness are two of his strongest points.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Absolute cleanliness of the body has been insisted upon from the first.
Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context
 
 
 
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