clean as a whistle

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Adjective

clean as a whistle (not comparable)

  1. (simile, idiomatic) Very clean.
    Synonyms: clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny, clean as a new pin; see also Thesaurus:clean
  2. (simile, idiomatic) Completely innocent; beyond moral reproach.
    Synonyms: clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth; see also Thesaurus:innocent

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