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smooth-shaven

American  
[smooth-shay-vuhn] / ˈsmuðˈʃeɪ vən /

adjective

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


Etymology

Origin of smooth-shaven

First recorded in 1625–35


Example Sentences

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And interestingly, not all the women are smooth-shaven when the advert ends.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2018

But many an eye was full of the small, trim, quietly dressed, smooth-shaven man on the Chancellor's right, Dr. Julius Curtius.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the landscape before him is the sort he prefers: smooth-shaven, without litter, walled, serene, and mastered by man's works.

From Time Magazine Archive

These smooth-shaven, intensely modern young men sufficiently dispose of the Victorian idea that Anarchism is an affair of terrifying beards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mary Hanson, the parlor maid, answered and found a gaunt young man with a smooth-shaven face and close-cut black hair.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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