good-looker

American  

[good-look-er] / ˈgʊdˈlʊk ər /

noun

Informal.

1. a person with a pleasingly attractive appearance.

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good-looker British  

noun

1. a handsome or pretty person

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Etymology

Origin of good-looker

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.

From Literature

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.

From Project Gutenberg

“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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After Iola'd told me what a good-looker he was and how he'd come swinging in in the morning, always jolly and full of compliments, I got a hunch that she was getting too interested in him.

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