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单词 cleanskin
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Definition of cleanskin in English:

cleanskin

nounˈklːnskɪnˈklēnˌskin
informal
  • 1British A person who does not have an existing criminal record or who has not attracted the attention of police or security forces.

    intelligence officials have been concerned for some time about the threat posed by cleanskins
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a classic jailhouse romance: a manipulative crook grooming a "cleanskin" woman so she would front for him to obtain guns, cars and rental properties.
    • If the intelligence is correct, then the gang were far from being the 'isolated individuals' or 'cleanskins' described by Britain's major news company.
    • The threat comes from cleanskins, individuals with no training and no previous involvement in militancy.
    • He had never been arrested in Northern Ireland; he was viewed as a 'cleanskin' whose fingerprints had not been taken by the RUC.
    • The realisation that British cleanskins are prepared to carry out such attacks has transformed the way this country will have to view security.
    • He was presented to the jury as a cleanskin: he had no criminal involvement whatsoever in these matters.
    • The crime families that formerly controlled the drugs trade in Britain have been ousted by a new breed of cleanskin individuals with no criminal record.
  • 2Australian NZ An animal that has not been branded with the owner's mark.

    as modifier Delacy began the trapping and branding of cleanskin cattle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was not a cleanskin; the Mirramilla brand was on her rump.
    • There were hundreds of them in the seldom disturbed back country of the big runs: wild cleanskin cows, and bulls with murder in their heart and absolutely no fear of man.
    • There were mobs of cleanskin cattle running around but we never touched 'em.
    • Cattle-stealing — rounding up someone else's clean-skin cattle and branding them as your own — was a way of doing business in the early days.
    • Occasionally, producers use helicopter musters in some areas if they feel there are sufficient clean skin cattle to pay for the helicopter.
  • 3Australian NZ A bottle of wine whose label does not identify the producer, typically sold at a low price.

    Steve bought a cleanskin ($16) from the local tavern
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Visitors can taste from the barrels of more than 40 wines, including current releases and previously unreleased cleanskins.
    • The narrator is somewhat sardonic about his guests and is perhaps influenced by the three whiskies he's had and the cleanskin he's finishing up with.
    • Palombo holds a cleanskin Shiraz bottle which will be ready for sale in August.
    • This is a business dedicated to offering premium cleanskin wines, from Australia's finest wine regions.
    • Got a bit drunk on a fine cleanskin Roche Shiraz.
    • Related, but not as upmarket, are cleanskin wines, where wine is packaged in unbranded bottles and sold below the normal price.
    • They will also trial a ban on cask wine greater than two litres, alcoholic energy drinks and "super-cheap" cleanskin wines.
    • He arranged cold meats and cheeses for our lunches, as well as discovering a special deal on cleanskin wines, which turned out to be a good bargain.

Definition of cleanskin in US English:

cleanskin

nounˈklēnˌskin
informal
  • 1British A person who does not have an existing criminal record or who has not attracted the attention of police or security forces.

    intelligence officials have been concerned for some time about the threat posed by cleanskins
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had never been arrested in Northern Ireland; he was viewed as a 'cleanskin' whose fingerprints had not been taken by the RUC.
    • If the intelligence is correct, then the gang were far from being the 'isolated individuals' or 'cleanskins' described by Britain's major news company.
    • He was presented to the jury as a cleanskin: he had no criminal involvement whatsoever in these matters.
    • It was a classic jailhouse romance: a manipulative crook grooming a "cleanskin" woman so she would front for him to obtain guns, cars and rental properties.
    • The realisation that British cleanskins are prepared to carry out such attacks has transformed the way this country will have to view security.
    • The threat comes from cleanskins, individuals with no training and no previous involvement in militancy.
    • The crime families that formerly controlled the drugs trade in Britain have been ousted by a new breed of cleanskin individuals with no criminal record.
  • 2Australian NZ An animal that has not been branded with the owner's mark.

    as modifier Delacy began the trapping and branding of cleanskin cattle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were hundreds of them in the seldom disturbed back country of the big runs: wild cleanskin cows, and bulls with murder in their heart and absolutely no fear of man.
    • Cattle-stealing — rounding up someone else's clean-skin cattle and branding them as your own — was a way of doing business in the early days.
    • She was not a cleanskin; the Mirramilla brand was on her rump.
    • There were mobs of cleanskin cattle running around but we never touched 'em.
    • Occasionally, producers use helicopter musters in some areas if they feel there are sufficient clean skin cattle to pay for the helicopter.
  • 3Australian NZ A bottle of wine whose label does not identify the producer, typically sold at a low price.

    Steve bought a cleanskin ($16) from the local tavern
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Related, but not as upmarket, are cleanskin wines, where wine is packaged in unbranded bottles and sold below the normal price.
    • Palombo holds a cleanskin Shiraz bottle which will be ready for sale in August.
    • He arranged cold meats and cheeses for our lunches, as well as discovering a special deal on cleanskin wines, which turned out to be a good bargain.
    • This is a business dedicated to offering premium cleanskin wines, from Australia's finest wine regions.
    • The narrator is somewhat sardonic about his guests and is perhaps influenced by the three whiskies he's had and the cleanskin he's finishing up with.
    • They will also trial a ban on cask wine greater than two litres, alcoholic energy drinks and "super-cheap" cleanskin wines.
    • Got a bit drunk on a fine cleanskin Roche Shiraz.
    • Visitors can taste from the barrels of more than 40 wines, including current releases and previously unreleased cleanskins.
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