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Meanings of take a squint in English

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Usage of take a squint in English
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I might as well take a squint at myself in the glass.
Wild Kitty
2
But I should like to take a squint into these magazines myself.
The Congo Rovers: A Story of the Slave Squadron
3
Will you just go to the bow and take a squint ahead?
The Coxswain's Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double R...
4
Why can't some of 'em take a squint aft at the island?
Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen ...
5
Might take a squint at the Boche front and let our artillery know.
Our Pilots in the Air
6
Better get him down to take a squint at the telephone.
When a Man Marries
7
Leave two men on guard, and take a squint into the engine room.
Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune
8
You can see if you take a squint through this gap.'
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure S...
9
I'm going up to the loft with the spy-glass and take a squint around.
For the Liberty of Texas
10
Look at this one-seeit-holdit- take a squint along it!
The Ivory Trail
11
Jist take a squint et thet fat Dutchman thar.
My Lady of the North
12
Here's a strange sail to leeward, and I want to take a squint at her.
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
13
Tod, take a squint at the sun-five-thirty ,isn'tit?
Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island
14
Just take a squint through them glasses down the trail, an' tell me what yer see.
Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West
15
Would you take a squint at it?
The new yorker
16
Here, take a squint, you hot-headed Gaul.
A Daughter of the Snows
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