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skin search

1 American  

noun

  1. strip search.

skin-search 2 American  
[skin-surch] / ˈskɪnˌsɜrtʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. strip-search.

Etymology

Origin of skin search

First recorded in 1965–70

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There, another skin search was just beginning when, according to prison officials, a guard noticed a gun in Jackson's hair.

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