| 单词 | clean-skin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclean-skin clean-skin n. Australian an unbranded cow; (slang) a person with a clean police record (see also quot. 1941). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > respect for or observance of law > no listed offence > one who has clean-skin1881 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > unbranded clean-skin1881 clear-skin1884 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland I. xv. 209 All hands are anxious to try their luck with the clean-skins. 1931 F. D. Davison Man-shy (1934) ix. 130 She was not a cleanskin; the Mirramilla brand was on her rump. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 18 Cleanskin, a person of integrity, esp. in a political sense. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vii. 141 A man who has had no convictions recorded against him is a cleanskin. 1950 ‘N. Shute’ Town like Alice 263 A poddy's a cleanskin, a calf born since the last muster that hasn't been branded. 1967 C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post x. 126 I just dictated a report that they seem clean-skins. 1969 Daily Mirror (Sydney) 12 Mar. 11/4 Had he been a clean-skin..Mr Byrne might have..not recorded a conviction. clean-skin clean-skin adj. unbranded. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > branded or marked > not clean-skin1934 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 46/3 Lifted them cleanskin micks while Morney was in town. 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger ix. 83 Delacy began the trapping and branding of cleanskin cattle. < as lemmas |
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