clearskins

I hadn't lived all my life on Rocky Creek, and among some of the smartest hands in that line that old New South Wales ever bred, without knowing what 'clearskins' and 'cross' beasts meant, and being well aware that our brand was often put on a calf that no cow of ours ever suckled.

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

There was no trouble in getting the cattle or horses into this, and there were all kinds of narrow yards and pens for branding the stock if they were clearskins, and altering or ‘faking’ the brands if they were plain.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

It's different with girls -- though I've known some of them that were no great shakes either, and middling handy among the clearskins too. '

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

There was no trouble in getting the cattle or horses into this, and there were all kinds of narrow yards and pens for branding the stock if they were clearskins, and altering or 'faking' the brands if they were plain.

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

(as the doctor told me); then the rails are down, and everything comes out with a rush into the light of day -- right and wrong, foul and fair, station brands and clearskins, it don't make no difference.

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

It’s different with girls — though I’ve known some of them that were no great shakes either, and middling handy among the clearskins too.’

Robbery Under Arms 2004

Next day a knock on the head or a little vein goes crack in the brain (as the doctor told me); then the rails are down, and everything comes out with a rush into the light of day — right and wrong, foul and fair, station brands and clearskins, it don’t make no difference.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

I hadn’t lived all my life on Rocky Creek, and among some of the smartest hands in that line that old New South Wales ever bred, without knowing what ‘clearskins’ and

Robbery Under Arms 2004