smooth-shaven
[ smooth-shey-vuhn ]
adjective
having the beard and mustache shaved off; clean-shaven.
Origin of smooth-shaven
1First recorded in 1625–35
Words Nearby smooth-shaven
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How to use smooth-shaven in a sentence
He was a man a little under middle age, of medium height and thick-set, with black hair and a pale, smooth-shaven face.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithHe was a man with a fine, smooth shaven face of the kind that might belong equally well to either a very fine actor or a judge.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum StolzenbergHe is a smug, self-satisfied looking man of about thirty-five, smooth-shaven, except for small side-whiskers.
The Brass Bottle | F. AnsteyIt was a man about fifty years of age, tall, smooth-shaven, and wearing clothes of a foreign cut.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Maurice LeblancInstead of being smooth shaven, he wore a very long mustache which dropped its ends below his chin.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
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