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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glimpse/ɡlɪmps/

▶noun a momentary or partial view. ▶verb see briefly or partially.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘shine faintly’): prob. of Gmc origin; rel. to glimmer.

'glimpse' also found in these Oxford entries:

blush - catch - peep

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"come for a shilling's glimpse of the future"
a glimpse
Get a glimpse of
Give a Glimpse
Glimpse
glimpse into....
glimpse, gaze, glance
Never once have I had a glimpse

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