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Verb: fossick  fó-sik
Usage: Austral, NZ
  1. [Austral, NZ, informal] To search, rummage
    "She fossicked through her bag for her keys"
     
  2. To search for gold esp. in abandoned workings
    "The old prospector spent his days fossicking in abandoned mines"

Derived forms: fossicked, fossicking, fossicks

Encyclopedia: Fossick