"shufti" meaning in English

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        "3": "شُفْتِ، شُفْتِي",
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        "5": "have you seen?",
        "lit": "you saw",
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          "word": "shufti kite"
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          "ref": "1961, Peter Cook, Beyond the Fringe (AfterMyth of War)",
          "text": "\"Perkins, we are asking you to be that one man. I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war. Get up in a crate, Perkins, pop over to Bremen, take a shufti, don't come back. Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too.\"",
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          "text": "\"Caucasus mountains,\" said the driver. \"I think. Let's have a shufti at the map.\"",
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        "(UK, slang) A brief glance."
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      "word": "shufti kite"
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