"cleanskin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkliːnskɪn/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 cleanskin.ogg [Australia], En-au-cleanskin.ogg [Australia] Forms: cleanskins [plural]
Rhymes: -iːnskɪn Etymology: From clean + skin. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clean|skin}} clean + skin Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleanskin (plural cleanskins)
  1. (Australia) An unbranded animal. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Wine Synonyms: clearskin Translations (an unbranded animal): неклеймёное живо́тное (neklejmjónoje živótnoje) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cleanskin-en-noun-Na9ZDAUg Disambiguation of Wine: 15 5 25 20 12 22 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 33 10 7 30 Disambiguation of 'an unbranded animal': 99 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A person who does not have any tattoos.
    Sense id: en-cleanskin-en-noun-jixT4Qf2
  3. Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character. Categories (topical): Wine Translations (someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions): чи́стый (čístyj) [informal] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cleanskin-en-noun-o1Kg4fvg Disambiguation of Wine: 15 5 25 20 12 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 33 10 7 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 5 40 12 9 15 Disambiguation of 'someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions': 5 13 68 4 3 7
  4. (Australia, New Zealand) An unlabelled bottle of wine. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Wine
    Sense id: en-cleanskin-en-noun-YucSILQT Disambiguation of Wine: 15 5 25 20 12 22 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English
  5. An undercover police officer who has not done a particular task before. Categories (topical): People, Wine
    Sense id: en-cleanskin-en-noun-yaDcz7BI Disambiguation of People: 5 18 15 4 39 17 Disambiguation of Wine: 15 5 25 20 12 22
  6. (cricket) A cricket bat with no maker's logo Categories (topical): Cricket, Wine
    Sense id: en-cleanskin-en-noun-Wqd4mE-f Disambiguation of Wine: 15 5 25 20 12 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 33 10 7 30 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čístyj",
      "sense": "someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "чи́стый"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cleanskin"
  ],
  "word": "cleanskin"
}

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