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fossick

fos·sick [ fóssik ] (past and past participle fos·sicked, present participle fos·sick·ing, 3rd person present singular fos·sicks)


intransitive verb  Australia 
Definition:
 
1. rummage: to rummage or look for something
She fossicked around in the drawer for the key.

2. look for gold: to search for gold or gems in mines or streams that have already been worked

[Mid-19th century. < English dialect, "ferret out, get by asking," origin ?]

fos·sick·er noun
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