See clean-cut on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1964, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Motorpsycho Nitemare”, in Another Side of Bob Dylan:",
"text": "I fell down / To my bended knees, / Saying, \"I dig farmers, / Don't shoot me, please!\" / He cocked his rifle / And began to shout, / \"You're that travelin' salesman / That I have heard about.\" / I said, \"No! No! No! / I'm a doctor and it's true, / I'm a clean-cut kid / And I been to college, too.\"",
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"ref": "2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:",
"text": "Of the fifty or so people present, most were clean-cut men in their twenties or thirties. Dalio sat down near the front of the room.",
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"ref": "2021 September 16, A. A. Dowd, “Dan Stevens as a dashing robot lover? That computes”, in AV Club:",
"text": "here’s something a little too perfect about Dan Stevens. Even when he’s not literally playing a Disney prince, he looks like one: poised, chiseled, giving off a clean-cut aura no matter his state of grooming.",
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"roman": "jasen",
"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
"word": "ясен"
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"roman": "opredelen",
"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
"word": "определен"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
"word": "siisti"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
"word": "siistinnäköinen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
"word": "adrett"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
"word": "slachtmhar"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
"word": "dea-chóirithe"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "pointeáilte"
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"word": "ясен"
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"word": "siisti"
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"sense": "having a neat, smart appearance",
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "slachtmhar"
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"word": "dea-chóirithe"
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"word": "pointeáilte"
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}
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