1. a person with no criminal record or history of wrongdoing
Usage: informal; chiefly Australian and New Zealand
2. an animal, especially cattle, without a brand or identifying mark
Usage: chiefly Australian

1. having no criminal record; free from suspicion or wrongdoing
Usage: informal

Examples

• The police investigated whether he was a cleanskin or had prior convictions.
• She presented herself as a cleanskin candidate with no ties to corruption.
• The rancher found several cleanskin cattle in the herd that needed to be marked.
• He had a cleanskin record until the incident last year.
• The detective was looking for a cleanskin suspect with no known associates in the underworld.
• They rounded up the cleanskin calves to brand them before winter.