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verb | 1. Rummage; search.
2. Search for gold in abandoned workings. |
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 | "Alvin went to the church sale to fossick for interesting trinkets." | "The prospectors went to great lengths to fossick for gold." | "I love to spend my weekend fossicking through thrift stores for good finds." |
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 | Australian English, mid-19th century |
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 | "Fossick" is a term that became popular with 19th-century Aussies and Kiwis who picked over abandoned mining excavations to search for gold or gemstones. ... |  |
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