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{{also|clean skin}}

==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{compound|en|clean|skin}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkliːnskɪn/}}
* {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 cleanskin.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-cleanskin.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːnskɪn|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Australia}} An unbranded animal.
#: {{syn|en|clearskin}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1921|author=w:Joseph Furphy|title=Rigby′s Romance|sectionurl=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0607461h.html|section=Gutenberg Australia eBook #0607461h
|passage=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'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1988|author=Tom Cole|title=Hell West and Crooked|passage=I started off lassoing the '''cleanskins''', dragging them up bellowing to the bronco panel where they were quickly leg-roped, thrown and branded.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1995|author=Darrell Lewis; Charles Schultz|title=Beyond the Big Run|page=96|passage=The bullocks would be in the lead and you'd whip in and let the bullocks go to hell, but hang to your '''cleanskins''' as much as you could.}}
# A person who does not have any [[tattoo]]s.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1962| title=The Bulletin |author=| page=20| passage=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 of without their parent's consent.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010| title=Body Bizarre, Body Beautiful|author=Nan McNab | page=| passage=Both men and women are tattooed, and so important are tattoos for traditional Samoans that it is impossible to serve or be apprenticed to a village leader if you are a '''cleanskin'''. }}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010| title=King of Thieves |author=Adam Shand | page=79| passage=And it had been the witness ID of his tattoos that had sunk him. Now with a forged passport he was going back to the Continent a new man, if not a '''cleanskin'''. }}
# Someone with no prior [[criminal record]], a person with no previous [[conviction]]s; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2007|author=Poul Anderson|title=Shocking Australian True Crime Stories|page=169|url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Pj2yrNvnJ3kC&pg=PA169&dq=%22cleanskin%22%7C%22cleanskins%22+police+OR+cricket+-intitle:%22cleanskin%7Ccleanskins%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zK4oT_T-EsL4rQeI1fnXAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22cleanskin%22%7C%22cleanskins%22%20police%20OR%20cricket%20-intitle%3A%22cleanskin%7Ccleanskins%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Gaby Hinsliff|journal=The Guardian|date=19 Apr 2010
|passage=So the only strategy likely to hurt Clegg in those circumstances involves arguing that the Lib Dems are part of the mould too – not '''cleanskins''', but a party with 60-plus MPs in that last discredited parliament.}}
# {{lb|en|Australia|NZ}} An unlabelled bottle of [[wine]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Teresa Ooi|journal=The Australian|date=16 Apr 2010
|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Terry Lee Stone|title=Managing the Design Process Implementing Design: An Essential Manual for the Working Designer|page=47|url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kblTAknwto0C&pg=PA47&dq=%22cleanskin%22%7C%22cleanskins%22+-intitle:%22cleanskin%7Ccleanskins%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s6woT5-GLY-JrAfDprC1AQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22cleanskin%22%7C%22cleanskins%22%20-intitle%3A%22cleanskin%7Ccleanskins%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|passage=In 2009, Back Label commissioned Voice to design a label for its '''cleanskin'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=Craig Sherborne|title=The Amateur Science of Love|page=64|passage=My eye-whites still woke up bright and clear despite the night before's two bottles of cheap '''cleanskin''' wine.}}
# An [[undercover]] [[police officer]] who has not done a particular task before.
# {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[cricket bat]] with no [[maker]]'s [[logo]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|an unbranded animal}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|неклеймёное живо́тное|tr=}}
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{{trans-top|someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions}}
* Russian: {{qualifier|informal}} {{t+|ru|чи́стый|tr=}}
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