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Dishy
Definitions
- 1 Attractive; good-looking; sexy. British, slang
"Let me set the scene. You spy a dishy stranger across a bar. The attraction is instant. The urges are strong. What do you do?"
- 2 Tending to relay information and gossip. slang
""[…] that transformed her into a shimmering golden redhead." That color became Lucy's trademark hair color for the rest of her career. Guilaroff wrote a dishy memoir in 1996, Crowning Glory […]"
- 1 (informal British) sexually attractive wordnet
- 1 A dishwasher (someone who washes dishes). Australia, informal
"In hostels, everyone is expected to wash and dry his or her own dishes. If you make it known that you are willing to take over this chore in exchange for a small contribution, you may find lots of willing takers. Never underestimate the laziness of travellers. One night Roger Blake made $8 in ‘tips’ by doing this. He then asked the hostel owners whether he could set up as a ‘dishy’ for tips only."
Etymology
From dish (“attractive person”) + -y (forming adjectives).
From dish (“to gossip”) + -y (forming adjectives).
From dish (“vessel for food”) + -y (forming familiar nouns).
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