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clean-shaven

[ kleen-shey-vuhn ]

adjective

  1. (of a man) having the beard and mustache shaved off.


clean-shaven

adjective

  1. (of men) having the facial hair shaved off


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Word History and Origins

Origin of clean-shaven1

First recorded in 1860–65

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Example Sentences

Clean-shaven and balding, Saleem is in his forties and walks with a limp.

Patrick Bateman was clean-shaven, and look at how he spent his evenings.

The Daily Beast has learned that a young clean-shaven Tarkhan joined the U.S-funded Georgian army in 2006.

One of them fetched Manuel, nicknamed Barba (Spanish for beard), who was, of course, clean shaven.

If clean-shaven William is a new man, then his bearded brother Harry is 100% unreconstructed bloke.

He looks about thirty-five, has a clean-shaven intelligent face, and is dressed in a dark tweed suit.

Puffin wore his hair very long indeed, while the whole of his face was clean shaven.

They looked, with their clean-shaven faces, absurdly young after the bearded Belgian soldiers.

It may be said that an earnest Barrister should be clean shaven, but the remark would only emanate from those who are bachelors.

He was clean-shaven save for an absurd little mustache so fair as to be almost indistinguishable.

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