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brand-new (adj.)

"quite new," 1560s, from brand (n.) + new. The notion is "new as a glowing metal fresh from the forge" (Shakespeare has fire-new; Middle English had span-neue "brand new," c. 1300, from Old Norse span-nyr, from span "chip of wood," perhaps as something likely to be new-made). Popularly bran-new.

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Definitions of brand-new from WordNet

brand-new (adj.)
conspicuously new;
shiny brand-new shoes
Synonyms: bran-new / spic-and-span / spick-and-span
From wordnet.princeton.edu