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fossick FAW-sik verb to rummage; to prospect in worked over or abandoned areas 1896In 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.'1995Seventh ScrollStill, it gives us a wonderful excuse to fossick about in the bushes.1999Unmanned...we found a hand-hold to jemmy open an illegal window, fossick the disused office…Labels: G. A. Henty, Stephen Oliver, Wilbur Smith
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