Meaning of apple-pie order | Babel Free

Definitions

A neat and tidy arrangement or organization; a perfect order.

colloquial, dated, uncountable

Examples

“And he was devoted to his books, which were in apple-pie order.”

“He was made welcome...and was able before retiring to rest to arrange his materials for work in apple-pie order upon a commodious table which occupied the outer end of the room...”

“She had only just got her home into apple-pie order again; for the second time; first the earthquake, then the civil war.”

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