"clean teen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: clean teens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clean teen (plural clean teens)
  1. (US, slang, uncommon) A teenager or youth who avoids or eschews drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and other vices. Tags: US, slang, uncommon
    Sense id: en-clean_teen-en-noun-bIeY-uJw Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1997, Doug Owram, Born at the Right Time - A History of the Baby Boom Generation, page 157:",
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