A word of Arabic origin meaning "look!" Was brought back to Britain after theSecond World War by returning soldiers who had learnt the word from Arab peddlars of dirty postcards. The peddlars used to keep the postcards hidden inside their coats and would show them to soldiers saying "Shufti, shufti!" - "Look, look!"
Noun. Alcoholic drinks you have after working a shift in any service industry. Can be one or many multiple number of drinks that may sometimes lead to shenanigans or the next morning. 2. Often free for BOH employees and almost always necessary post shift for all staff. Contagious in dive bars
N: A shuftee - sexual deviant (of either sex) who gains gratification from sniffing recently-used ladies bicycle saddles in hot weather.
Vb: To shuftee - To place the flared nostrils on the horn of a freshly-used ladies bicycle saddle on a sweltering hot day, inhale deeply through the nose and collapse in a miasma of orgasmic delight.
N:
'Just look at him coming all over her rear mudguard: the filthy shuftee'
Vb:
'How dare you shuftee my Raleigh Superior!'
'Is it yours, Miss Widdecombe? Oh God - I thought it belonged to Miss Lumley.'