"good-looking" in address to a young woman

[Jonathan Lighter]

Remember Hank Williams and "Hey, Good-Lookin'!"  (1951)? OED doesn't recognize this usage: maybe it's too obvious.
  Of course, Williams didn't coin it. It isn't even particular Southern:

  1905 Owen Kildare _The Wisdom of the Simple_ 176: "Ah, there, good-looking," he cried.

  At any rate, OED could use at least one ex. of "good-looking,"  adj., that's more recent than 1847.

  JL


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