Dictionaries:
come-hither look:
Or: come-hither-eyes , a flirtatious , provocative look suggesting or inviting sexual-intercourse ; a look full of promise.Synonyms: bedroom-eyes ; come-on (eye); come-up-and-see-me-sometime-look ; get-the-eye ; glad eye ; goo-goo eye(s); googly-eyes ; leer ; mash-eye ; the ogle ; the O.O ; pash-eye ; sheep's-eyes .
Quotes:
(1) Edmund Lowe in Seven Sinners (1936); ' Strappling wench with come-hither-eyes .'
(2) Jim Brewster (Bob Hope) about (Betty Grable) in Give Me a Sailor (1938): ' And those eyes! Stop and go signals if ever I saw any .'
(3) Sung by Frenchy (Marlene Dietrich) in Destry Rides Again (1939): ' You've got that look, that look that leaves me weak / You with your eyes-across-the-table technique .'
See Also: bedroom eyes, come-hither eyes, come-hither look, give a come-hither look, give the once over, pieface, pink tea, sexual detrition, speciman
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