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cleanskin
noun- a person without a criminal record AUSTRALIA, 1943
Originally applied to an unbranded sheep. - Of course Thomas Moore was a cleanskin without even the slightest hint of scandal attached to his name. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 67, 1988
- Even more annoying, both of the Tudors were cleanskins, as was Sandra Halley. — Stephen Dedman, Shadows Bite, p. 91, 2001
- a novice AUSTRALIA, 1907
From the conventional sense (an unbranded stock animal). - The squad leader was one of the most experienced operators in the MEU and he was the only member of the squad with any previous gaol-riot experience–the rest of us were cleanskins. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. viii, 2001
- a person of integrity, especially in a political context AUSTRALIA, 1942
From the sense of “a person without a police record.” - in horse racing, a jockey who has never been disqualified in a race AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 15, 1989
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