cleanskin

cleanskin
noun /ˈkliːnskɪn/
a) An unbranded animal.

I started off lassoing the cleanskins, dragging them up bellowing to the bronco panel where they were quickly leg-roped, thrown and branded.

b) Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character.

The bullocks would be in the lead and youd whip in and let the bullocks go to hell, but hang to your cleanskins as much as you could.


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