"looksome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more looksome [comparative], most looksome [superlative]
Etymology: From look + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|look|some}} look + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} looksome (comparative more looksome, superlative most looksome)
  1. (informal) Characterised or marked by (good) looks; good-looking Tags: informal Synonyms: attractive
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          "ref": "2006, Mike Gaddis, Zip Zap:",
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          "ref": "2015, MadDog Woods, The Many Concerns of MadDog:",
          "text": "Now picture this, Bubba and Earl were missing their front teeth, where partially bald with scraggly beards. Bubba said the looksome babe magnets in the front and the old married men in the back. Meaning Johnny and Myself.",
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          "text": "He took his knife from the scabbard and laid it on his chest. “I don't cotton to yer kind, y'hear? You be a looksome thang, but you ain't worth dyin' over. The tenderbelly there's got too much nobleness. Shoulda kilt 'em all and buried 'em where.",
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          "ref": "2010, Roger Lee Scott, Letters from the Hills:",
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