fetching
Collocations
5ADJ.
adorable, discreet, most
VERB + FETCHING
don't, dotted, look, looks, went
FETCHING + NOUN
coffin, daughter, firewood, owner, people, sleeper
PREP.
from, in, with
ADV.
quite, surprisingly
Definitions
adj
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
I am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper. Most people when they nod off look as if they could do with a blanket; I look as if I could do with medical attention.
noun
The act by which something is fetched.
These lumpers were also in the habit of inducing their men during the week to send to their pay-house for fetchings of drink, besides the money they were compelled to spend on Saturday night.
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6Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
WiktionaryI am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper. Most people when they nod off look as if they could do with a blanket; I look as if I could do with medical attention.
Wiktionary“The men in this town have a serious case of pussy affluenza,” says Amy Watanabe, 28, the fetching, tattooed owner of Sake Bar Satsko, a lively izakaya in New York’s East Village.
WiktionaryThese lumpers were also in the habit of inducing their men during the week to send to their pay-house for fetchings of drink, besides the money they were compelled to spend on Saturday night.
WiktionaryYou don't look as fetching as you think.
Tatoeba · #8286223You'd look quite fetching in a coffin.
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