Phrase guide
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adj
Very clean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Qualifier: simile
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny, clean as a new pin, clean, clean as a whistle, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span, spotless, squeaky clean, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Completely innocent; beyond moral reproach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Qualifier: simile
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, blameless, clean, clean as a whistle, clear, dovelike, guiltless, innocent, innocent as the babe unborn, innocent as the child unborn, irreprehensible, nonblameworthy, not guilty, offenseless, pure, righteous, sackless, sinless, unblameable, unblameworthy, uncalculating, unguilty
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
