Span-new

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  span-new \span"-new`\ (sp[a^]n"n[=u]`), a. [Icel. sp[=a]nn[=y]r,
     properly, new as a ship just split; sp[=a]nn chip + n[=y]r
     new. See {Spoon}, and {New}.]
     Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's
     chair." --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]