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shuftie

shuftie is the alternative spelling of shufti.

Meaning of shufti

Noun

shufti (plural shuftis)

  1. (UK, slang) A brief glance.
    • "Perkins, we are asking you to be that one man. I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war. Get up in a crate, Perkins, pop over to Bremen, take a shufti, don't come back. Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too."1961, Peter Cook, Beyond the Fringe (AfterMyth of War)
    Synonyms:
    glance

Forms of shuftie

pluralshufties

Questions about shuftie

What is shuftie the alternative spelling of?
Shuftie is the alternative spelling of shufti.

Words near shuftie in the dictionary

  1. Shuford
  2. Shufords
  3. shufti
  4. shufti kite
  5. shufti kites
  6. shuftie
  7. shufties
  8. shuftis
  9. shuftiscope
  10. shuftiscopes
  11. shufty

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