Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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1944		L. Glassop We Were the Rats 210: For two nights we go out and recce the ground.
1965		J.P. Carstairs Concrete Kimono 47: I have to recce for a film script I am to write.
1992		D. Jarman letter 12 May Smiling in Slow Motion (2000) 126: I recce sexual nooks for later.
2007		N. ‘Razor’ Smith Raiders 3: Five grand [...] to get by one while they recce’d a better bit of work.
2012		D. O’Donnell Locked Ward (2013) 339: An armed response unit came in and recced the site.