looksee

plural looksees

1. Alternative form of look-see.
   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 more examples

      As Sir Roy Welensky said when introducing Mr. Macmillan to the crowds gathered in and around Salisbury's most modern cinema to hear him, Rhodesians were very glad that the British Prime Minister had come to have a “looksee" at the Federation.

      1960, The Spectator - Volume 204, page 165

      Earlier, about the same time Rodney (who Ralph thought was upstairs in his room) last jaunted to the refreshment center, Ralph was outside getting a nosy looksee at the neighbors.

      2007, Dick Baldwin, Rodney, page 57

   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

present singular third person looksees · participle present lookseeing · past looksaw · participle past lookseen

1. alternativeAlternative form of look-see.

   He looksaw. Had Scooter enter and disassemble.

   2013, Jack Womack, Ambient

   3 more examples

   He and his men can looksee over the Rivers' place.

   2003, Carver Wendell Waters, Dust Be the Serpent's Meat, page 141

   “The office outside of here has all the databases connected to monitors. If I have access I can looksee,” Bill tells him.

   2012, Dale Johnson, Outside Protocols, page 122

   Jimmy put his arm up and pointed in the general direction he thought the bad guys had taken and said into his radio, “Air one go in this general direction, for about 15 kms to looksee and report. We will follow on foot..."

   2019, Liam Adair, The Taking Down of a Criminal Empire