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

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good-looker

But Manager Johnson's best-selling good-looker dates from the regime of his predecessor, Giulio Gatti-Casazza.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

But say, Earl, she's some good-looker, just the same, and O Ignatz! the glad rags she must of bought for her wedding.

From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

You guess it's a pretty tough thing to see a good-looker boy go down in a big commercial fight.

From The Man in the Twilight by Ridgwell Cullum

Lord, but you've made her a good-looker, Duane.

From The Danger Mark by A. B. Wenzell

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