Looker vs Lookee - What's the difference?
looker | lookee |
(literally) One that looks (actively), watches.
One having a specific look, appearance.
(slang) Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking.
*{{quote-book, year=1871, author=Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, title=Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Why, lookee , I asked Doctor Hedstone yesterday if I was like to take a fit any time, and he laughed, and swore I was the last man in town to go off that way." }}
*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Hildegard G. Frey, title=The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Oh, lookee !" she squealed in rapture to the other girls. " }}
*{{quote-book, year=1901, author=Kate Dickinson Sweetser, title=Ten Boys from Dickens, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Now lookee here," he said, "you get me a file and you get me wittles; you bring both to me to-morrow morning early, that file and them wittles. }}
* {{quote-news, year=1990, date=May 18, author=Judith Moore, title=My Father's Voice, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=And mmmm, lookee here! }}
As a noun looker
is one that looks (actively), watches.As a verb lookee is
form of An imperative form|look; usually used figuratively or as an interjection.looker
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Noun
(en noun)- Wow, your new man is much more of a looker than your last one!
Anagrams
*lookee
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Verb
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