Neat

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Do you know of any neat web pages?? Is your child's room kept scupulously neat? Is your handwriting neat? Do you prefer your drink, neat?

So, what's neat? The envelope please....

A Neat Definition

(Looked that up in my FUNK & WAGNALLS Standard Desk Dictionary)

neat -

adj 1. Characterized by or in a state of orderliness, tidiness, and cleanliness.

2. Free from sloppiness, vagueness, or embellishment; precise.

3. Ingeniously done or said; clever; a neat trick.

4. Free from admixture; undiluted, as liquor.

5. Remaining after all deductions; net.



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