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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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‡ILL-LOOKING, adj. Ill-favoured, unpleasant-looking (Abd. 1959).Sc. 1752 A. Carlyle Autobiog. (1910) 261:
He was ill-looking, with a large nose and small ferret eyes . . . altogether unprepossessing.