| 单词 | clear-skin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclear-skin clear-skin n. Australian an unbranded beast (cf. clean-skin n. at clean- adj. and adv. Compounds); also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > unbranded clean-skin1881 clear-skin1884 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xv. 109 Calves and clear-skins. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. ii. 22 I hadn't lived all my life on Rocky Creek..without knowing what ‘clearskins’ and ‘cross’ beasts meant. 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 135 ‘Carn't you see it's a clear skin?’..The idea of a ‘“clear skin” steer’ would have amused her at any other time. 1941 Coast to Coast 22 Some steers had got out of his holding paddocks, and he offered Wally two bob for every steer he could track and bring in. Wally took in a couple of clear-skins. < as lemmas |
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