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Recce

//ˈɹɛ.ki// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Reconnaissance. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable

    "1953, J. (Julian) Maclaren-Ross, The Weeping and the Laughter: A Chapter of Autobiography Visiting the town on what in the more recent war we called a recce, she arranged a tennis-match with Dolly, guessing that the girl would be a bad loser."

  2. 2
    reconnaissance (by shortening) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Reconnoitre. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang

    "I told the boys to stock up with all they could, and went back to the village to recce for someone to pay as per orders."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of reconnaissance.

Etymology 2

Clipping of reconnaissance.

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