clean-shaven
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of clean-shaven
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The author chronicles the troubled youth and “vagrant years” of Tennyson, up until 1850, when the still clean-shaven poet experienced a sudden change of fortune.
For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon.
At the windows, clean-shaven faces cast curious glances at the journalists in the compound.
From Barron's
The playful Detective Webster was standing before me, only this time he was clean-shaven and in a new winter suit.
From Literature
He was tall, clean-shaven, reddish-haired, with warm brown eyes that made you feel immediately seen.
From Los Angeles Times
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