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(one's) type

Someone who has the personality or physical appearance that one is typically attracted to. Typically used in negative constructions to convey the opposite. I'm not surprised she's flirting with John—he's definitely her type. It's not that I don't like her. She's just not my type. Paul's new girlfriend is a redhead? Oh yeah, she's his type.
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type

n. a combining form indicating a specified type of person. (Colloquial.) He’s a caveman type. You know, sort of hairy and smelly.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

(one's) type

A person to whom one should be sexually attracted or romantically inclined: With her interest in art, she should be just your type.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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