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pretty boy
(pretty boy)
noun
informal
, often
derogatory
a foppish or effeminate man:
it was rare indeed for any athlete to be a pretty boy at a time when American men were still stuck in a 1950's macho mindset
[
as modifier
]
:
his aging pretty-boy charm
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