clean-shaven
(of a man) having the beard and mustache shaved off.
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How to use clean-shaven in a sentence
clean-shaven and balding, Saleem is in his forties and walks with a limp.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPatrick Bateman was clean-shaven, and look at how he spent his evenings.
How Straight World Stole ‘Gay’: The Last Gasp of the ‘Lumbersexual’ | Tim Teeman | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Daily Beast has learned that a young clean-shaven Tarkhan joined the U.S-funded Georgian army in 2006.
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord | Will Cathcart, Vazha Tavberidze, Nino Burchuladze | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of them fetched Manuel, nicknamed Barba (Spanish for beard), who was, of course, clean shaven.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre Prison | Jason Batansky | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf 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.
First Plays | A. A. MilnePuffin wore his hair very long indeed, while the whole of his face was clean shaven.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsThey looked, with their clean-shaven faces, absurdly young after the bearded Belgian soldiers.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartIt 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.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
British Dictionary definitions for clean-shaven
(of men) having the facial hair shaved off
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