Clark had had the spit-and-polish veneer of a Marine recruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where There's Smoke]

Nobody, from himself on down, bothered with spit-and-polish today.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rebel Worlds]

Above all he took a dim view of spit-and-polish martinets in uniform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spoor of the Antis]

The spit-and-polish Marine Corps officer swiftly brought himself under control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honorbound]

He hadn't shaved, for one thing, and for Malcolm, spit-and-polish as he was, not to have shaved&.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rosetta]

He stood five-eight, and his red and gold Space Service uniform gleamed with spit-and-polish luster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unwise Child] Reference

His scruffy character is pressed into impersonating a general and inspecting some spit-and-polish troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dressed for Duty] Reference

He was a spit-and-polish disciplinarian, but always fair, and, given a deserving case, capable of compassion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Game Of Empire]

Never at West Point had I ever expended more spit-and-polish; I could have used my buckler for a shaving mirror.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Past Through Tomorrow]

His unit was to be a spit-and-polish drill team which was to strut its stuff before Mrs. Onassis and the rest of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Galapagos]

Instead of child-development academics, they're looking for spit-and-polish executives to ride herd on wasteful spenders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uneasy Chairs] Reference

If something happens to him, I won't be the same fine, correct, spit-and-polish kind of gentleman, but I can lead us home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfarers]

Instead, I look at my story and ask myself if that little piece I think could use a bit more spit-and-polish is really necessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference

As opposed to the clean, efficient, spit-and-polish bridge of the Enterprise, this ship had a certain grunginess and tackiness about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL] Reference

Boche night-bombers did not come, and where we held a joyous race-meeting -- seventy riders in one race -- and a spit-and-polish horse show.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference

In the view of the regular military, such "snake eaters" have tended to be troublesome, resistant to spit-and-polish discipline and rulebooks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into Thin Air] Reference

True, it was just Worf and Soleta—if there was anyone who would let her off the hook for not being completely spit-and-polish, it would be these two.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Limits] Reference

They remembered the spit-and-polish CO who wore white-walls, demanded that Team members shave all facial hair, and ordered his officers to carry calling cards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rogue Warrior]

Lieutenant Armstrong, Moustache, and a few others maintained a spit-and-polish personal appearance and a strong concern for military discipline and Legion tradition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phule me twice]

His own evolution — from a teenage immigrant who landed in North Dakota after the first gulf war to a spit-and-polish sergeant — has been marked with private suffering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tuesday, October 31, 2006] Reference

Personally, I've had my fill of spit-and-polish and I don't care if I never again hear that "Sound off" and "Officers, center!" and "Watchman, what of the night?" manure again.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Past Through Tomorrow]

In particular, Gold found it a ludicrous custom to maintain on a ship whose primary purpose was to work in the service of the S.C.E., probably the least spit-and-polish branch of the service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breakdowns] Reference

It becomes more frequent but, on the whole, less zealous with respect to spit-and-polish and less captious about the many little things which promote good order and appearance throughout the general establishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference

But the spit-and-polish ceremonies at Warsaw's airport don't bear that out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

The veteran's résumé is filled with spit-and-polish outfits run by heavies like.    From Wordnik.com.  [BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content] Reference

Projects can involve the specialized work of a carpenter, but many others are just spit-and-polish jobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

Mr. Benioff also made the Cahill family a military one, with the brothers 'father, played by Sam Shepard, a taciturn, spit-and-polish lifer.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

To their neighbours, they seemed the perfect power couple: She was the well-mannered charity executive; he was the spit-and-polish - if often silent - air force colonel.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

“You’re hardly the spit-and-polish appearance I expect of every officer on the Royal Mermaid.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Santa Cruise] Reference

We’ve had quite a few jobs like that, with really interesting information that just needs a major spit-and-polish.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Write a Good eBook – You Know, the Kind that Doesn’t Suck] Reference

And they’re giving these cartoons a computer-generated spit-and-polish which will not only attract fanboys but also a new generation of movie-goers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

Old campaigners like General George Crook who rarely ever wore a full regulation uniform could never accustom themselves to the spit-and-polish of the West’s peacetime army.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE AMERICAN WEST] Reference

There was no attempt at spit-and-polish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Projo.com Projo Local News] Reference

"spit-and-polish.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'] Reference

They looked like high-line, spit-and-polish mercenaries.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Tabloid]