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Definition fossick

Etymology

Probably from dialectal fossick (“to ferret out”), fossuck (“troublesome person”), fussick (“to potter over one's work”), fussock (“to bustle about”), further origin uncertain. Compare fuss.

Verb

fossick (third-person singular simple present fossicks, present participle fossicking, simple past and past participle fossicked)

1. (intransitive) To be troublesome.
2. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) To search for something; to rummage.
   1. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out. [from mid 19th c.]
   2. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To search for gems, gold, etc., on the surface or in abandoned workings.

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