good-looker

[good-look-er]

noun

Informal.

1. a person with a pleasingly attractive appearance.

good-looker

noun

1. a handsome or pretty person

Word History and Origins

Origin of good-looker¹

1890–95, good-look(ing) or good look(s) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“A good-looker like Loma ought’n to wear black all the time,” Grandpa interrupted.

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For one thing, she's a good-looker," he responded, "although they say she's gone off a little lately; I haven't seen her this year.

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“Here he is, the only good-looker in the bunch,” Jack laughed, pushing Ned forward.

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"A big man, with thick, fair hair, and—a good-looker?"

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"I should say he'd need to be a great feller to get a good-looker girl to come right along up to this devil's playground with him."

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