look as if one has come out of a bandbox

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[look as if one has come out of a bandbox] {v. phr.}, {informal} To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all-new clothing.

* /In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox./

* /After a day at the rodeo we were all dusty and tired except for Hope, who looked as if she'd come out of a bandbox./

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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