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dreamboat

American  
[dreem-boht] / ˈdrimˌboʊt /

noun

Slang.
  1. a highly attractive or desirable person.

    Look at these vintage pics I found of Grandpa in uniform—he was a real dreamboat back in the day!

  2. Older Use. a luxuriously designed car.


dreamboat British  
/ ˈdriːmˌbəʊt /

noun

  1. old-fashioned an exceptionally attractive person or thing, esp a person of the opposite sex

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dreamboat

First recorded in 1940–45; dream + boat


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I didn’t need the acceptance of a dreamboat climber man, molding into an unnatural shape to fit someone else’s needs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

He’s sweet, he’s chivalrous, his tongue has fallen off so he can’t speak: dreamboat alert!

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

"Bridgerton" established Page as the unattainable dreamboat everybody wants to be around, prime attributes for a paladin, a class requiring high charisma.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023

“Bridgerton” established Page as the unattainable dreamboat everybody wants to be around, prime attributes for a paladin, a class requiring high charisma.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023

Anatole, the schoolteacher, is twenty-four years of age, with all his fingers still on, both eyes and both feet, and that is the local idea of a top-throb dreamboat.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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