looky

[ look-ee ]

/ ˈlʊk i /

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look; look here.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1875–80; alteration of imperative look ye!

But looky here, Huck, who wuz it dat 'uz killed in dat shanty ef it warn't you?
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
I had a good dress for Sunday too but aint got none dese days, jes looky, chile, dese ole rags de bes I got.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
Hurley stared at the boy in open-mouthed astonishment: "Looky here, kid, I thought you said you never worked in the woods before!"
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps|James B. Hendryx
Looky-here, Tom, being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

She called to her mother and father to "Come here and looky!"
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes