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clean-cut

Neatly groomed. My sister likes long-haired bad boys, but I've always thought that clean-cut guys are cuter.

clean-cut

having to do with a person (usually male) who is neat and tidy. He's a very clean-cut guy, and polite too. He's sort of clean-cut looking, but with curly hair.
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Worst of all, his naive Egyptian companion slips away so that she can emigrate to America and be employed by this same corporation, which advertises, "Join an exciting team which is also very friendly and looks for clean-cut energetic people like you.
Life of Death
LOVE/HATE star Killian Scott says he wants a more clean-cut screen role so his parents can watch him.
Scott wants role parents will not Hate
The government are desperate to present a clean-cut image of their country to foreign fans so they have instructed cops to sweep the streets clean of undesirables.
Poor show from cops
This clean-cut, multi-talented young man is, in truth, exactly the sort of person we need to advertise the merits of Liverpool, whetherthrough his singing, acting or just flashing that twinkling smile of his.
Short points: This clean-cut
On the plus side, the album's full of hope with a clean-cut cover of Supertramp's Give A Little Bit and anthemic finale Become certain to spark a sea of mobiles on tour.
CD REVIWES: Let Love In (Warner Bros); GOO G DOLLS
Unlike clean-cut Mike, her character Susan's love interest on the hit Channel 4 show, Terri's mystery bearded beau has more than a hint of boho chic about him.
A new match for Hatch
the clean-cut MmmBop boys from Tulsa are back eight years after their pop classic hit shot them straight to No.
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I'm a clean-cut guy who went to an Ivy League college, and if they're wondering if I'm the man in the story, then maybe they'll let go of the idea that pedophiles are all scruffy-looking guys wearing trench coats and passing out candy on playgrounds.
Secret summer love: Michael Lowenthal says his new book, Avoidance, about a summer-camp crush, is a nod to classic" homosexual novels" of forbidden love
A dancer of remarkable lushness, Ethan Stiefel was a little too clean-cut to be convincing as a pirate (but what's convincing here, anyway?
American Ballet Theatre
THE writing's on the wall for Daniel Craig as far as singer Sam Smith's concerned - he says he prefers Sean Connery and Roger Moore because they're classier and more clean-cut.
Sam: Moore & Connery for my eyes only
He appeared in the Florida State University film 41 years ago but his clean-cut looks had long gone by the time he fronted The Doors.
Billy Sloan: The unknown Morrison
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