unbranded animal (noun)

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• 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… …   Wiktionary

• cleanskin — n. Austral. 1 an unbranded animal. 2 sl. a person free from blame, without a police record, etc. * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Australia : an unbranded animal compare maverick * * * cleanˈskin noun 1. An unbranded animal (Aust; also clearˈskin) 2. A… …   Useful english dictionary

• clearskin — (also cleanskin) noun Austral./NZ 1》 an unbranded animal. 2》 informal a person without a police record …   English new terms dictionary

• cleanskin — /ˈklinskɪn / (say kleenskin) noun 1. an unbranded animal; clearskin. 2. someone who is free from blame, or has no record of police conviction. 3. → cleanskin nobby. 4. someone who lacks experience; a novice. 5. → cleanskin sheep. 6. a bottle of… …  

• List of Merriam–Webster's Words of the Year — Merriam Webster s Words of the Year, a list published annually by the American dictionary publishing company Merriam Webster, features the ten words of the year from the English language. This list started in 2003, and is published at the end of… …   Wikipedia

• straggler — /ˈstræglə/ (say stragluh) noun 1. someone or something that straggles. 2. a. an animal missed in a muster. b. an animal that is not the property of the holding on which it is found. c. an unbranded stray or an animal which has wandered away from… …  

• poddy — /ˈpɒdi / (say podee) noun (plural poddies) Also, poddy calf. 1. a. a handfed calf. b. an unbranded calf just big enough to wean. –adjective 2. (of a small animal, especially a lamb or calf) requiring to be handfed. 3. British Colloquial pot… …  

• maverick — I. noun Etymology: Samuel A. Maverick died 1870 American pioneer who did not brand his calves Date: 1867 1. an unbranded range animal; especially a motherless calf 2. an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party II.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• poddy — 1. adjective a) Fat, corpulent. b) Fed by hand. 2. noun a) An unbranded calf. , 1904: When the milkin musics ended, and the big cans stacked away, / An the poddies have done …   Wiktionary

• maverick — 1. adjective /ˈmævərɪk/ Showing independence in thoughts or actions. He made a maverick decision. 2. noun /ˈmævərɪk/ a) An unbranded range animal. Florence Nightingale would have been perceived as a maverick during her early career, because she… …   Wiktionary

• nugget — /ˈnʌgət / (say nuguht) noun 1. a lump of something. 2. a lump of native gold. 3. a small but valuable item: a nugget of information. 4. NZ a lump of kauri gum. 5. Colloquial a short muscular person or animal; hence used as a nickname for a short… …