lookatcha

Such expressions as “dijever,” “slong,” “lookatcha,” “saulrite,” “izatso,” “yamnot,” “notchet,” express our national rush.

[1925 June, Vida Ravenscroft Sutton, “Do You Speak English”, in Frank Quinn, editor, Everybody’s Magazine, volume 52, number 6, New York, N.Y.: The Ridgway Company, page 180

Why, Mary Street! I wouldn’t of recognized you. Lookatcha! Back from Florida an’ brown as an indian!

1957, Dorothy Erskine, Patrick Dennis, The Pink Hotel, page 253

Lookatcha! You’re one of those weekend golfers who hasta stand in line at Lincoln Park, Lake Hefner or some place before dawn for a chance to play 18 holes of golf.

1965 May 9, Wally Wallis, “State Parks Have Good Golf Courses”, in The Sunday Oklahoman, volume 74, number 124, Oklahoma City, Okla.: Oklahoma Publishing Co., section “Sports”, page 5

Lookatcha nightie! Ya got it on inside out!

1971, Patrick Dennis, “The Other Side of Paradise”, in Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., →ISBN, page 290

Lookatcha face. It’s all scratched up now.

2006, Dana Rondel, A Flower: It Has Its Own Song, Bloomington, Ind.; Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 129

“So, Dillinger,” snapped a detective, “off with the winter underwear and let’s have a lookatcha.”

1934 June 19, Bergen Evening Record, volume XXXX, number 12 (total 11478), Hackensack, N.J., page 22

Relax, she told me, they only want a lookatcha.

1991, Noel McFarlane, “Lucky Singing”, in Fergus Brogan, editor, True to Type: A Collection of Short Stories by Journalists in the Irish Times, page 34

Why, you don’t even look like yourself! Come over here and let me get a good lookatcha.

2008, Suzanne Supplee, Artichoke’s Heart, Dutton Books, →ISBN, page 270