• Cleanskin

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈkliːnskɪn/

    Origin

    From clean + skin.

    Full definition of cleanskin

    Noun

    cleanskin

    (plural cleanskins)
    1. (Australia) An unbranded animal.
      • 1921, Joseph Furphy, Rigby′s Romance, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0607461h,No one had any clear notion of how many head might be collected, but we counted on something over four hundred--possibly up to five hundred and fifty, including calves and cleanskins.
      • 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked:I started off lassoing the cleanskins, dragging them up bellowing to the bronco panel where they were quickly leg-roped, thrown and branded.
      • 1995, Darrell Lewis & Charles Schultz, Beyond the Big Run, p. 96:The bullocks would be in the lead and you'd whip in and let the bullocks go to hell, but hang to your cleanskins as much as you could.
    2. Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character.
    3. (Australia, NZ) An unlabelled bottle of wine.
    4. An undercover police officer who has not done a particular task before.
    5. (cricket) A cricket bat with no maker's logo
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