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shufty

shufty 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 shufty

pluralshufties

Questions about shufty

What is shufty the alternative spelling of?
Shufty is the alternative spelling of shufti.

Words near shufty in the dictionary

  1. shuftie
  2. shufties
  3. shuftis
  4. shuftiscope
  5. shuftiscopes
  6. shufty
  7. Shufu
  8. shug
  9. Shug Monkey
  10. shugar
  11. Shugars

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