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looksaw

looksaw is the simple past of looksee.

Meaning of looksee

Noun

looksee (plural looksees)

  1. Brief inspection
    • When you say that you will give a looksee, another looksee as you did at Andrews Field this morning, I interpreted that to mean you would give a looksee over the whole area.1959, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction Appropriations for 1960, page 909
  2. Lookout or scout
    • Since these activities are considered illegal in the United States, young men were often used as lookouts (a.k.a. "looksees"), guards and enforcers (a.k.a. "hatchetmen") of house rules to assure smooth operations.1992, Justice quarterly - Volume 9, page 651

Questions about looksaw

What is looksaw the simple past of?
Looksaw is the simple past of looksee.

Words near looksaw in the dictionary

  1. looks up
  2. looks up and down
  3. looks up to
  4. looks upon
  5. looksake
  6. looksaw
  7. looksee
  8. lookseeing
  9. lookseen
  10. looksees
  11. looksful

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