dishy

[ dish-ee ]
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adjective,dish·i·er, dish·i·est.Slang.
  1. Chiefly British. very attractive; pretty or beautiful: a couple of dishy fashion models.

  2. gossipy; full of gossip: a dishy book about Hollywood.

Origin of dishy

1
First recorded in 1960–65; dish + -y1

Words Nearby dishy

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How to use dishy in a sentence

  • You shall have a fishy In a little dishy; You shall have a fishy When the boat comes in.

    Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 | Edward William Cole
  • "dishy will look at you along the top of her nose, with her chin in the air," said he.

    When Ghost Meets Ghost | William Frend De Morgan
  • dishy gave you his lecture, then, and walked you off to the skipper, eh?

    Blue Jackets | George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for dishy

dishy

/ (ˈdɪʃɪ) /


adjectivedishier or dishiest informal, mainly British
  1. good-looking or attractive

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