have a Captain Cook

have a Captain Cook

slang To glance at or inspect (someone or something), especially in a quick, informal, or nonchalant manner; to take a look. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "Captain Cook" rhymes with "look." (Captain James Cook was an 18th-century British navigator.) Primarily heard in UK. I think you better have a Captain Cook at this—the entire file has been deleted! Can I have a Captain Cook at the map?
See also: captain, cook, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a Captain Cook
  • captain
  • iron poof
  • ginger beer
  • have a butcher's
  • have/take a butcher's
  • butcher
  • cocoa
  • I should cocoa
  • I should cocoa!