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"pretty boy" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe a particularly handsome young man or as a term of endearment, like in the sentence: "My pretty boy, you look so handsome in this picture!".
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pretty boy
noun
A young man whose attractiveness is considered rather effeminate and who may be vain about his appearance.
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Pretty Boy Floyd?
"Not a pretty boy.
Pretty boy, they call him.
"Pretty boy," she said.
"Pretty, pretty boy".
Welcome to the campaign, pretty boy.
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"Conceited, a pretty-boy empty suit.
Like Brando, McQueen was discontented with pretty-boy fame.
He's stronger than those pretty-boy looks and that silly pom-pom hat would suggest.
Glasses clink, and someone yells epithets at Ryan Seacrest's pretty-boy visage on the television.
Pretty-boy Republican + brainy Democratic woman = looming accusations of sexism, which he stupidly invited.
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