A shiny, clean kitchen can be called “spick and span,” but it seems to me that nothing in the world has ever just been “spick” or just “span.”
When a word is pretty much never used except for in one particular phrase, it’s called a fossil word. It happens when folks USED TO use a word normally and don’t anymore, and even though the word went away, it left just one trace in the form of a saying or phrase.
You can “eke out a living,” but can you eke anything else?
Someone may be at your “beck and call,” but can they JUST be at your beck?
You can “wait with bated breath,” but I sure don’t know how to bate anything but breath!
Our flag (and today’s Deal) is famously star-spangled, but good luck trying to “spangle” with anything but stars! Whatever you call it, sprinkling stars across a design can make it beautiful, lively, and patriotic, so spangle away!
This Star Spangled Stars Red 108" Wide 3 Yard Cut is a red 3-yard cut of patriotic blue stars and scrollwork on a 108" wide backing. From Star Spangled of Henry Glass & Co.
100% Cotton
108" Wide
3 Yard Cut
