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squint
noun- a look; a glance UK, 1673
Generally phrased “have a squint at”. - in the car sales business, tinted glass US, 1953
- — Cars, p. 41, December 1953
- a person lacking in social skills, fashion or both US
- “Wouldn’t put it past those squints at Internal Affairs,” said Montezuma Montez. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Black Marble, p. 238, 1978
▶ on the squint
on the look-out for something US- Sorry was to move up the platform four or five yards and be on the squint for trouble. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 117, 1970
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