apple-pie order
noun
excellent or perfect order: Her desk is always in apple-pie order.
Origin of apple-pie order
First recorded in 1770–80
Words nearby apple-pie order
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British Dictionary definitions for apple-pie order
apple-pie order
noun
informal
perfect order or condition
Idioms and Phrases with apple-pie order
apple-pie order
Extreme neatness, as in David keeps his financial records in apple-pie order. This term is generally believed to be an English corruption of the French nappes pliées, “neatly folded linen.” [Early 1600s]