good-looker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of good-looker
1890–95, good-look(ing) or good look(s) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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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
She hed 'long with her another performer, a darn good-looker, too, as near as I could make out in the dark.
From Beth Norvell A Romance of the West by Parrish, Randall
Schoolma'am says she's a good-looker, herself, and that Joe Meeker has took to parting his hair on the dead center and wearing a four-inch, celluloid collar week days.
From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by Bower, B. M.
"Pick out a good-looker," called Will, striding off to meet Dorothy.
From Betty Wales, Sophomore by Warde, Margaret
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