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smooth-shaven

[ smooth -shey-vuh n ]

/ ˈsmuðˈʃeɪ vən /

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adjective

having the beard and mustache shaved off; clean-shaven.

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Origin of smooth-shaven

First recorded in 1625–35

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for smooth-shaven

His large, smooth-shaven face was as rosy as a childs, his eye clear as a boys of twenty.
Twenty Years in Europe|Samuel H. M. Byers
Upon his smooth-shaven face was an expression of ineffable peace, of rapturous attainment, of perfect and complete happiness.
Strictly Business|O. Henry
He removed it from the envelope and held it close to his big, kindly, smooth-shaven face.
Eben Holden|Irving Bacheller
And then his smooth-shaven face became creased in a roguish smile which I had often seen upon it.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill

Wilkins shook his head with decision written in every line of his smooth-shaven English profile.
The Wheel of Life|Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow