CONDITION
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
► ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE in the best condition; of high quality; genuine; reliable → 1882 Amer. dial.
► ALL WOOL AND NO SHODDY in the best condition; of high quality; genuine; reliable → 1946 Amer. dial.
► APPLES in good condition or shape → 1998 NZ sl.
► CHERRY in good condition; as good as new, said of merchandise, esp. used or secondhand merchandise → 20C Amer. sl.
► CLEAN AS A HEN’S TOOTH in the very best condition → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRANK lusty, vigorous, in good condition → 1398 obs.
► DICKEY ► DICKY in bad condition; of a low or inferior quality; unsound, shaky → 1819
► FAIR-CONDITIONED in reasonably good condition → 1832
► FAIR-LIKE in good condition; well-looking → 1662 obs.
► FINE AS A FROG’S HAIR in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FINE AS A FROG’S HAIR SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FINE AS SILK in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FIT AS A FROG’S HAIR in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FIT AS A FROG’S HAIR SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HARD AS NAILS in good condition → 1891 colloq.
► HITTING ON ALL FOUR in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HITTING ON ALL SIX in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HODDY in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful → 1664 Eng. dial.
► HUNKY in good condition; safe and sound; all right → 1861 US sl.
► ILL-LIKING in bad condition → 1648 obs.
► IN BAD NICK in a bad condition or state → 1966 sl.
► IN COMMISSION in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN DECENT NICK in good condition → 20C sl.
► IN FINE FIG in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN FINE WHACK in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN FORM in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN FULL FEATHER in good condition, in fine fettle, in high spirits → 1855 Amer. dial.
► IN GOOD CASE in good condition → 1640 arch.
► IN GOOD FORM in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN GOOD NICK in good condition → 1905 colloq.
► IN GOOD POINT 1958in good condition → Amer. dial.
► IN GOOD RIG in good condition → 1939 Amer. dial.
► IN GOOD SHAPE in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN GOOD TRIM in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN GREAT SHAPE in excellent condition, either physically or emotionally → L19 sl.
► IN HIGH FEATHER in good condition, in fine fettle, in high spirits → 1865 Amer. dial.
► IN HIGH GEAR in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN KELTER in good condition → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN KILTER in good condition → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN MINT CONDITION in good condition; in order → 1758
► IN NICK in good condition → 20C sl.
► IN POOR REED in a poor condition or state → 1846 Eng. dial.
► IN RAZOR SHAPE in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN SHAPE in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN TIFT in good condition → 1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► IN TRIM in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN WHACK in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JAM UP in the very best condition → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MARCHANTABLE in good condition; fit for sale → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFF SONG in bad condition; not working well → L19 sl.
► OUT OF CASE in poor condition → 1674 obs.
► QUART ► QUERT in good condition; healthy; whole and sound → 1300 obs.
► RATTY in poor condition and untidy; run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby → 1856 US sl.
► RAZOR SHARP in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RIGHT in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RIGHT AS MY LEG in good condition, in good order; correct, accurate, true → 1636 obs.
► RIGHT SIDE UP in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RUSTY DUSTY inferior; in poor condition → 1558
► SHELLY in poor condition; inferior, of low grade → 1935 Amer. dial.
► SOUND AS A WHISTLE in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUFFICIENT in good condition; of adequate quality; of a good standard → 1473 obs.
► TATTY in poor condition and untidy; tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
► THRIFTY in good condition; thriving, flourishing → 1811 Eng. dial.
► THRODDEN in good condition; fat, well-grown, well-fed → 1783 Eng. dial.
► THRODDY in good condition; plump, well-grown, sleek; dumpy → 1740 Eng. dial.
► TIFFY \in good condition; well, healthy → 1867 Sc.
► TOPPINGLY in excellent condition or health → 1739
► UP TO DICK in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UP TO SAMPLE in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UP TO SCRATCH in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UP TO SNUFF in good condition; in order → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UP TO THE KNOCKER in good condition; in the height of fashion → 1844 sl.
► WELL-HAINED in good condition; well-preserved; esp. said of a person → 1722 Sc. obs.
► WISHY-WASHY in poor condition → 1993 Trinidad and Tobago
NOUNS
► BELK condition of mind or body → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.
► FARCOST condition, welfare → 1205 obs.
► FARE condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success → 1250 obs.
► KARM a poor condition or state of things → 1914 Sc.
► KELTER ► KILTER good condition; good health or spirits → 1643
► PASS condition, state, circumstances → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SUIT condition, state → 1350 obs.
► TALER condition, state → 1825 Sc. obs.
► TANTUM condition, state → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIFT condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour → 1717 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TILTER condition, plight; order → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TWIG style, fashion; also, condition, state fettle → 1811 sl., obs.
PHRASES
► FEEL STREAKED in poor physical condition → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAS A BILIOUS LOOK said of anything that is not in first-class condition → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
VERBS
► KILTER to condition → 1712 US
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