ppl. adj. (colloquial).—Attractive (as of women); pleasing (as of a dress or bonnet).
c. 1882. Broadside Ballad. ‘You May Lay Odds on That.’ Some most FETCHING dresses the ladies now wear, You may lay odds on that.
1889. Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 17 Aug., p. 262, col. 2. How can they show off a pretty figure and a FETCHING bathing costume if they go in further than knee deep?
1889. Bird o’ Freedom, 7 Aug., p. 3. Quite delighted at being at last understood and appreciated by one of the FETCHING sex, Stewart made the running so fast that I couldn’t see the way he went.
