dreamboat
Americannoun
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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!
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Older Use. a luxuriously designed car.
noun
Etymology
Origin of dreamboat
Example Sentences
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“If I had to hear one more word about dear old Dad risen from his gooey grave, with his dreamboat eyes like the dark side of the moon . . . why, it’s enough to bring on a headache. Blast! Has anyone seen my almanac?”
From Literature
“He’s an absolute dreamboat. But I’m like, ‘What now?’
From Los Angeles Times
Lerman is the former teen dreamboat of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and the “Percy Jackson” series, and he’s interesting casting.
From Los Angeles Times
Katelyn Doyle is the author of the contemporary rom-coms "Just Some Stupid Love Story" and "Total Dreamboat," and she also writes as the USA Today bestselling historical romance novelist Scarlett Peckham.
From Salon
Backed by the 77-year-old Queen guitarist as well as a large gospel choir in angelic robes, the mustachioed pop-rock dreamboat nailed Freddie Mercury’s lung-busting theatrics — and, more important, seemed to be having a blast as he moved through each of the song’s many rock-operatic twists and turns.
From Los Angeles Times
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