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▪ I. squiz, n. Austral. and N.Z. slang.|skwɪz|
[f. quiz n.2, prob. blended with squint n.]
A look or glance.
1916C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke 130 Squiz, a brief glance. 1922K. Mansfield Garden Party 72, I say Laura..you might just give a squiz at my coat before this afternoon. See if it wants pressing. 1948V. Palmer Golconda xxx. 254 With one squiz at it [sc. the ore] he can tell how much it would crush to the ton. 1961R. Park Hole in Hill (1962) viii. 60 ‘All right, let's have a squiz.’ They looked out very cautiously. 1972J. McClure Caterpillar Cop iv. 62 You won't find it there... I had a good squiz over the whole area.
▪ II. squiz, v. Austral. and N.Z. slang.
[f. prec.]
trans. and intr. To look (at) or glance; to peer.
1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 71 Squiz, to look at, inspect. 1947Coast to Coast 132 Kids, who used to slip up the lane behind our place and squiz through the cracks in the fence. 1948D. W. Ballantyne Cunninghams (1963) xvi. 73 They walked down the passage and squizzed in the dining-room. |