Meaning of take a sight | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of cock a snook (“perform disrespectful gesture with thumb against the nose”).

Examples

“He put his thumb to his nose as he said this and (in familiar phrase) took a sight at me, winking one eye in the most confidential manner, and at the same time gently tapping his breeches pocket.”

“Papa did the best thing he could do under the circumstances: he got up and left us, and as he rose, Lilian put her thumb to her nose, and “took a sight” at him, much to my inward disgust, […]”

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