fossick
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fossick /ˈfɒsɪk/
▶verb Austral./NZ informal rummage; search.
■ search for gold in abandoned workings.
– derivatives
fossicker noun.
fossicker noun.
– origin C19: prob. from the Engl. dial. sense ‘obtain by asking’.
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