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- noun UK, slang A
look . - noun UK, slang A
glance .
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- noun British slang for a look
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Examples
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When one wants to take a look at something, you say "dekko" as in "I will have a dekko at that later" which translates into American as "I will take a look at that in a minute" or, in more formal English, "I will look at that in a moment".
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'Tum Milo ...' exudes scent of goodness, watch it (IANS Movie Review - Rating: **) more images more imagesFilm: "Tum Milo Toh Sahi"; Cast: Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Suniel Shetty, Vidya Malvade, Rehan Khan, Anjana Sukhani; Director: Kabir Sadanand; Rating: ** Just for the pleasure of watching Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia together, this quaint and sincere look at love across three generations is well worth a 'dekko'.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 shantanu 2010
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I don't usually see much of BBC Breakfast, but having the morning off to wait for the gasman, and since Valentine Warner 'What To Eat Now' was on, I decided to have a dekko this morning.
OPEN THREAD 2009
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Here are ten such places and if you have not been here, it is still not too late as all are worth a dekko.
Have you been here, Mumbaikar ? Abodh 2007
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Here are ten such places and if you have not been here, it is still not too late as all are worth a dekko.
Archive 2007-05-01 Abodh 2007
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While I'm away, please have a dekko at the new site and enjoy exploring some of the links and the blogroll!
NEW YEAR! NEW WEBSITE! Jessica 2006
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While I'm away, please have a dekko at the new site and enjoy exploring some of the links and the blogroll!
Archive 2006-01-01 Jessica 2006
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I led our beasts through the arch into the empty nave, where I spread their fodder and rubbed them down, and took a quick dekko around in the last of the light from the high unglazed windows.
Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005
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But I can come and take a dekko, maybe give you some advice, hey?
The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002
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The boys and girls thought we should take a dekko, so I trotted over to Camford, with a few of the lads.
Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002
yarb commented on the word dekko
Citation on oxford.
December 31, 2008
sionnach commented on the word dekko
Have a dekko!
December 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word dekko
Was in use in Australia too, possibly still is. Personally I haven't heard it for donkey's.
December 31, 2008
frindley commented on the word dekko
I don't think I've ever heard it. I'm more familiar with terms like squiz as in "take a squiz at this".
December 31, 2008