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shufti

UK/ˈʃʊf.ti/ US/ˈʃʌf.ti/ uncommon slang uk

noun

1.

a quick look around (originally military slang)

  • “take a shufti while you”

Origin

UK 1940s, originally military slang. From Egyptian Arabic شُفْتِ، شُفْتِي (šufti, “have you seen?”, literally “you saw”), a conjugation of شَاف (šāf, “to see”).

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