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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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“So,” said the dreamboat climber man, “you really need to have both hands on the rope when you belay. It’s not safe the way you’re doing it. You’ll get in trouble with the gym staff.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

I was so desperate to make things work with the dreamboat climber man.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

Farrell is a glittering bauble of a man, an architecture-loving manic-pixie dreamboat, a walking interrobang, but he’ll never be more captivating than his creator and, by extension, his creator’s stand-in.

From New York Times May 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

It was Grandma who didn’t really know that Vince was my secret, pretend dreamboat boyfriend.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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