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to rummage; to prospect in worked over or abandoned areas
1896G. A. HentyIn the Heart of the Rockies'Oh, I see. The Utes had come upon them, and they knew that if they stopped there they would lose their scalps sooner or later, so they came up here and made north for a bit to hunt and fossick about in the hills, and then go back when the Utes had quieted down.'1995Wilbur SmithSeventh ScrollStill, it gives us a wonderful excuse to fossick about in the bushes.1999Stephen OliverUnmanned...we found a hand-hold to jemmy open an illegal window, fossick the disused office…

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