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(Adjective) good looking

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nice looking

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(Adjective) good-looking

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(Adjective) good looking, beautiful

Usage: He is a handsome young man.

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(Adult / Slang)

1. Good-looking, having a pleasing and dignified appearance, said especially of attractiveness that is manly.

QUOTES:

(1) Angela (Susan Fleming) and President of Klopskopia (W.C. Fields) in Million Dollar Legs (1932):
-- Angela: ' But father, isn't he handsome? '
-- President: ' Yeah, but I'll fix that.'

(2) Jasmsine (Libby Taylor) the maid, and Ruby Carter (Mae West) in Belle of the Nineties (1934):
-- Jasmine: ' All my life I've been looking for a man that's big, handsome, and got plenty of money.'
-- Ruby: ' Hmmm, what you've been looking for is three men.'

(3) Zouzou (Josephine Baker) in ZouZou (1934): ' All lovers are handsome.'

(4) Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn) in Blazing Saddles (1974): ' Hello handsome. Is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just happy to see the show? '

(5) Agnes (Veda Ann Borg) about Richard Nugent (Cary Grant) in The Bachelor and Bobby-Soxer (1947): ' There's a guy who never goes out of a girl's mind. He just stays there like a heavy meal.'

2. In lesbian parlance, said of a woman masculinely beautiful.

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