Meaning of shufti | Babel Free

Definitions

A brief glance.

UK, slang

Examples

“"Perkins, we are asking you to be that one man. I want⟳ you to lay⟳ down your life, Perkins. We need⟳ a futile gesture at this stage⟳. It will raise⟳ the whole tone of the war. Get⟳ up in a crate, Perkins, pop over to Bremen, take⟳ a shufti, don't come⟳ back. Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish⟳ I was going too."”

“"Caucasus mountains," said the driver. "I think⟳. Let's have⟳ a shufti at the map."”

“2005, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Raincoast Books ; Bloomsbury, page 431, "When we come⟳ face⟳ to face⟳ with [a ghost] down a dark alley we're going to be having a shufti to see⟳ if it's solid, aren't we, we're not going to be asking, 'Excuse⟳ me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?'"”

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