sb. [f. LOOK sb. † IN adv.]

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  1.  A hasty glance; a peep. Hence, a short visit.

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1847.  L. Hunt, Men, Women, & B., I. xv. 293. The Induction to the ‘Mirror of Magistrates’ is a look in at the infernal regions.

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1865.  Dickens, Mut. Fr., IV. iii. He has given me another look-in, to make sure of … our stock-in-trade being correct.

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  2.  Sporting slang. A chance of success.

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1870.  Bell’s Life, 12 Feb. (F.). Fawcett imagines he has got a look-in.

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1898.  Westm. Gaz., 12 July, 10/2. For the Beaufort Stakes Mr. L. de Rothschild should have a good look in.

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