definition:trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
origin:Spruce-up is just a little phrase, but it has taken quite a journey to get to us in its present state. The state it started from was Prussia. The 14th century word spruce is a variant of Pruce, which was itself a shortened version of Prussia. Originally, things that were spruce were those items brought from Prussia. For example, spruce fir trees and, more to the point for this phrase, spruce leather.
My mother spruced me up for my uncle's wedding dinner.
jonathan lim(1-7)
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