clean-skins

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

or Clear-skins


,n. unbranded cattle or horses.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 206:

«These clean-skins, as they are often called, to distinguishthem from the branded cattle.»

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. xv. p. 109:

«Strangers and pilgrims, calves and clear-skins, are separatedat the same time.»

1889. Rev. J. H. Zillmann, `Australian Life,' p. 82:

«`Clear-skins,' as unbranded cattle were commonly called, weretaken charge of at once.»

1893. `The Argus,' April 29, p.4, col. 4:

«As they fed slowly homeward bellowing for their calves, andlowing for their mates, the wondering clean-skins would come upin a compact body, tearing, ripping, kicking, and moaning,working round and round them in awkward, loblolly canter.»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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