Meaning of looksee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Brief inspection
2. Lookout or scout

Examples

“When you say that you will give a looksee, another looksee as you did at Andrews Field this morning, I interpreted that to mean you would give a looksee over the whole area.”

“As Sir Roy Welensky said when introducing Mr. Macmillan to the crowds gathered in and around Salisbury's most modern cinema to hear him, Rhodesians were very glad that the British Prime Minister had come to have a “looksee" at the Federation.”

“Earlier, about the same time Rodney (who Ralph thought was upstairs in his room) last jaunted to the refreshment center, Ralph was outside getting a nosy looksee at the neighbors.”

“Since these activities are considered illegal in the United States, young men were often used as lookouts (a.k.a. "looksees"), guards and enforcers (a.k.a. "hatchetmen") of house rules to assure smooth operations.”

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