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clean-cut

American  
[kleen-kuht] / ˈklinˈkʌt /

adjective

  1. having distinct, regular shape.

    a face with clean-cut features.

  2. clearly outlined.

  3. neat and wholesome.

    a polite, clean-cut young man.

  4. unambiguously clear; unmistakable; clear-cut.

    The case against him is a clean-cut one.


clean-cut British  

adjective

  1. clearly outlined; neat

    clean-cut lines of a ship

  2. definite

    a clean-cut decision in boxing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of clean-cut

First recorded in 1835–45

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