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Meanings of clean-shaven in English

Closely shaved recently.

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Examples for "smooth-shaven"
Examples for "smooth-shaven"
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The semicircle encloses a smooth-shaven lawn of which I am vastly proud.
The Red Planet
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Mr. Conover looked at her in astonishment, slowly rubbing his smooth-shaven head.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
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Prosperity was written all over his smooth-shaven face and broad-shouldered, stocky figure.
The Rise of David Levinsky
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Unlike most men I was accustomed to about me, he was smooth-shaven.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
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He was an elderly, pleasant-faced Irishman, smooth-shaven, red-cheeked, and with white hair.
The Log of the "Jolly Polly"
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She planted a resounding kiss on his well-shaven cheek, conscious of the smell of myrrh.
The Flanders Panel
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His well-shaven face was beginning to reveal those small discolored spots that are the subtle brands of Bacchus.
Destiny
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The scientist,-ifscientist he could be called,-gazedat him abstractedly, and stroked his well-shaven chin with a somewhat dejected air.
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
Usage of clean-shaven in English
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Dull eyes sat in the clean-shaven wrinkles of a face neatly hopeless.
The Enormous Room
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His clean-shaven chin lifted in air until his lashes all but met.
Where the Trail Divides
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The rest of the Followill clan are pretty clean-shaven these days, too.
The Guardian
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The study found that bearded men shed more bacteria than clean-shaven men.
The Guardian
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There was even the suggestion of a smile on his clean-shaven face.
The Odds / And Other Stories
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His face, seen from the reflected lights of the saloon, was clean-shaven.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
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His left fingered his clean-shaven chin as he gazed on the river.
Hetty Wesley
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By that time he was forty-seven years old, completely bald and clean-shaven.
Hiding the Elephant
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Low-rank templars went clean-shaven; high-rank ones wore their hair as they chose.
The brazen gambit
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Before the beard trend, I preferred the look of a clean-shaven man.
BBC
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Unlike the others he was clean-shaven, and his uniform was lettuce green.
Layover in dubai
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One of the rebels, a clean-shaven spotter, fell back to Baze's side.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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I will tell you, my friend: Because they are both clean-shaven men.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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I should say that only a clean-shaven man could have smoked this.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
15
The moonlight shone on his crewcut hair and his young, clean-shaven cheeks.
The Martian Chronicles
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When I sit up, clean-shaven, the last assistant, Octopus, nods in approval.
The Hunger Pains
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