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apple-pie order
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Definition:neat, clean and tidy
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And he was devoted to his books, which were in apple-pie order.
Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness.
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The callow visitor nodded. "I know," he said. "I found everything in apple-pie order."
Kurt Vonnegut. The Sirens of Titan (1959)
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Thereto Punch Costello roared out mainly Etienne chanson but he loudly bid them, lo, wisdom hath built herself a house, this vast majestic longstablished vault, the crystal palace of the Creator, all in applepie order, a penny for him who finds the pea.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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