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ˈlook-see slang.
Also looksee.
[Pidgin-like formation from look n. or v. + see v.]
1. A survey; a tour of inspection, a reconnaissance; an investigation. Also rare (quot. 1926), appearance, looks.
1883Boy's Own Paper 22 Dec. 185/1, I 'spec she just come here to makee look see how de people get on. 1906J. London Let. 25 Apr. (1966) 204 Would you care to have a look-see at it for publication in the magazine? 1908St. George's Rev. I. 156 China..opium problem... It was my business to go out there and have what my John would call a ‘look-see’. 1924Blackw. Mag. Sept. 356/2, I sat up, and had a look-see. The ground sheet was crawling with scorpions. 1926M. Leinster Dew on Leaf 82, I distrust the look-see of things. 1927Observer 9 Oct. 22 We must be grateful to the B.B.C. for letting us have a ‘looksee’, as the Chinese say. 1928Sat. Even. Post 4 Feb. 105/3 And I can take a look-see at what they're doing in aviation over there. 1939J. Pascoe Unclimbed N.Z. v. 67 A hurried reconnaissance, or in Colonial argot, a ‘look-see’, disclosed that. 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby iii. 52 We had a looksee at Merre Gudda, which, the blacks say, is a haunted cave. 1943C. H. Ward-Jackson Piece of Cake 41 A look-see, a reconnaissance. Thus, ‘Let's get some facts first; go down to the flights and take a look-see.’ 1957I. Cross God Boy (1958) xv. 123 I'll wander up and have a look-see. 1967B. Copper No Flowers for General xi. 142 I'll have a looksee at the front. 1968A. Diment Bang Bang Birds ii. 13, I took a long looksee through my..binoculars.
2. (See quot.) rare.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 147 A look see, a telescope, a periscope.
3. attrib.
1929Amer. Speech V. 149 Several pidgin English terms are now accepted American slang:..‘chow-chow’ for food, and ‘look-see man’ for tourist or sightseer. 1971M. Tak Truck Talk 101 Look-see window, a window in the rear of the sleeper that assists the driver in backing up by increasing his visibility. 1973Times 17 May 27/2 As a result of his ‘look-see’ trip Lewis..came back home with around {pstlg}100,000 worth of export orders. 1973Sci. Amer. Oct. 114/1 ‘Look-see’ diagrams that offer visual proof of complex algebraic formulas. |
