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Definition 2025
propre_comme_un_sou_neuf
propre comme un sou neuf
French
Adjective
propre comme un sou neuf m, f (plural propres comme des sous neufs)
- (simile) Very clean; squeaky clean; clean as a whistle.
Usage notes
Only used in the physical sense of clean, never the moral one, which is carried by blanc comme neige.