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clean sheet, n.
Brit. |ˌkliːn ˈʃiːt|, U.S. |ˈklin ˈʃit|
[‹ clean adj. + sheet n.1]
1. A completely blank sheet of paper. Also: a sheet of writing, printer's proofs, etc., free from corrections and alterations. Cf. clean adj. 3c.
[1690T. Brown Reasons Mr. Joseph Hains 9 My soul's..a clean sheet of Paper, a meer Tabula rasa..you may impress any Characters in the World upon it.] 1752R. Gibson Treat. Pract. Surv. iii. 164 If the Sheet of Paper..be not large enough to contain the Map..you must put on a clean Sheet. 1850D. G. Mitchell Reveries of Bachelor iv. iii. 265, I catch up my pen—my trusty pen; and the clean sheet lies before me. 1859C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 168 Lyell has read about half of the volume in clean sheets, and gives me very great kudos. 1914J. Joyce Dubliners ix, He..wrote Bernard Bernard instead of Bernard Bodley and had to begin again on a clean sheet. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Mar. 6/3 Following one of the heaviest dockets in recent months, that of last Wednesday, yesterday's calendar at the City Police Court showed a clean sheet. 1997D. Quinn My Ishmael (1999) 166 He paged through it to a clean sheet, then spent three minutes making a diagram.
2. In extended use.
a. An absence of restraints, commitments, or debts; a fresh start; an unblemished record.
1850North Star (Rochester, N.Y.) 25 Jan. 2/4 Notice to Subscribers. Pay up!.. Let us start with a light heart, a clean sheet, and a fair breeze, upon the voyage of the year, of which this is the commencement. 1897Times 30 Aug. 7/3 They have started, educationally speaking, with a clean sheet, a tabula rasa. 1906G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) I. 15/2 Well for him who has a ‘clean sheet’,—no entry in the Defaulters' Book, or record of previous ‘crimes’—he may go scot free. 1922Times 22 Apr. 6/5 To win the coveted award, or even to get through with a clean sheet, is a very great personal triumph for the rider. 1990M. Crucefix Beneath Tremendous Rain 66 There were times—and that was one—for a clearing away, a clean sheet, setting out on a new road. 1997N. DeMille Plum Island xvi. 215 They basically had clean sheets, as we say. Whatever they were up to, they hid it well.
b. In competitive sports: an instance or the fact of having maintained an unbeaten record, or of having conceded no goals, points, etc., to the opposition in a match, contest, etc. Freq. (esp. of a goalkeeper) in to keep a clean sheet.
1899N.Y. Times 26 Oct. 8/7 The [bowling] team turned out a score of 946, due to the splendid work of McLean and Gross. The latter had a clean sheet for a total of 233. 1917Newark (Ohio) Advocate 31 Mar. 8/5 The Junior basket ball team won another game last Saturday and thus kept a clean sheet for the year. 1931Times 21 Mar. 4/6 Neither was seriously troubled in the fourth round fights, and each had a clean sheet when they met in the last fight of the pool to decide the title. 1987S. O'Brien Frighteners 60 An amateur Norwegian goalie Whose name I'm afraid I've forgotten Has kept a clean sheet for three years. 1996Guardian (Nexis) 9 Mar. 19 Wright scored two late tries in a 20-0 win. ‘It was particularly satisfying to keep a clean sheet against them,’ says Wright, who remembers some of the finest Widnes sides struggling to come away from The Boulevard with any reward. 2001M. Breheny & D. Keenan Ultimate Encycl. Gaelic Football & Hurling 83/3 Geraghty became Galway's regular goalkeeper in 1964 and was a member of the team which won three All-Ireland medals in a row in 1964, '65 and '66, keeping a clean sheet in all three semi-finals. |