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▪ I. shufti, shufty, n. slang (orig. Mil.).|ˈʃʊftɪ, ʃʌ-|
[f. next.]
1. A look or glance. Esp. in phr. to take (or have) a shufti.
1943Gen 16 Jan. 11/2 Take a shufti at that. That's Stephanie. 1947D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 201 She took another good shufty at us. 1965J. Porter Dover Two x. 133 Take a shufty at this lot! 1971Whillans & Ormerod Don Whillans x. 81 ‘Let's have a shufti at that description then,’ said Joe, and we both examined the piece of paper covered with Snell's handwriting. 1980R. Adams Girl in Swing xix. 245 Good idea, old boy. I'm game. Let's 'ave a crafty shufti round with that in mind, shall we?
2. Comb., as shufti-kite, a reconnaissance aircraft; shufti-scope, a probe (see quots.).
1944T. H. Wisdom Triumph over Tunisia 172 When the Hun shufti-kites were kept away..the U.S. Second Corps moved..to the coastal stretch in the north. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 169 Shuftiscope, instrument used by doctors for exploring the interior of a dysentery case. A telescope or periscope. 1962Times 12 Apr. 9/4 When officers were making a routine check of the vehicle with an instrument they call a ‘shufti-scope’ they found the watches. Mr. Eaton explained that the ‘shufti-scope’ is an instrument consisting of a probe with a light through which it is possible to see into cavities.
▪ II. shufti, shufty, v. slang (chiefly Mil.). Now rare.|ˈʃʊftɪ, ʃʌ-|
[f. Arab. šufti have you seen?, f. šāf to see.]
intr. To look or watch; to glance. Freq. in imp.
1943C. H. Ward-Jackson It's Piece of Cake 54 Shufty, look, watch. Thus, the orderly room sergeant to a Waaf clerk as he sights a squadron of Liberators through the headquarters' window, ‘Shufty!’ 1947Amer. Speech XXII. 267 The word shufti was among the most commonly used, comprehending in its meaning both the noun and the verb ‘look’..‘to shufti around’ [etc.]. |