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Originally Posted by Chris O'Carroll
... -- e.g, "a spic-and-span of charwomen."
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I by no means suspect YOU of racism, Chris, but couldn't 'spic-and-span' be misconstrued in this context (especially in U.S.) - and so perhaps be ruled out as non-PC?
i.e. "a [hi]
SP[an]
IC-and-[hi]
SPAN[ic] of charwomen"?
(I am only joking...)