fossick

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  1. intransitive verb To search for gold, especially by reworking washings or waste piles.
  2. intransitive verb To rummage or search around, especially for a possible profit.
  3. transitive verb To search for by or as if by rummaging.

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  1. English dialectal, to find out, dig up.

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  1. Of obscure dial. origin.
  2. See fossick, v.
 

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/ˈfɑsɪk/
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