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Definition of well-looked

chiefly Scottish
: good-looking she must have been beautiful and is still well-looked— J. G. Lockhart

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First Known Use of well-looked

1660, in the meaning defined above

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“Well-looked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-looked. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020.

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