Meaning & use
dekko
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A quick look or glance (British informal).
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Let's have a dekko at the map before we set off.
He took a dekko around the room before deciding where to sit.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from the Hindi/Urdu imperative 'dekho' ('look!'), it entered British slang through soldiers stationed in colonial India.
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