cleanskin means an unbranded animal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
cleanskin is pronounced /ˈkliːnskɪn/.
Etymology
From clean + skin.
noun
- An unbranded animal.“No one had any clear notion of how many head might be collected, but we counted on something over four hundred--possibly up to five hundred and fifty, including calves and cleanskins.”
- A person who does not have any tattoos.“If you're under 18 in Victoria you must now remain a cleanskin. The Government has just passed a bill that minors must not be tattooed with or without their parent's consent.”
- Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character.“Ryan′s natural father was a cleanskin – a police term for a person with no criminal history – who found himself caught up in the world of career criminals when he married into The Clan.”
- An unlabelled bottle of wine.“Mr McKenzie said that two years ago a decent bottle of sauvignon blanc sold for $15 to $20, but today prices were down to $10 a bottle. "More cleanskins entering the market is the first indication there is too much SB out there," he said.”
- An undercover police officer who has not done a particular task before.
- A cricket bat with no maker's logo