fossicked; fossicking; fossicks
Definition of fossick
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Australia and New Zealand
: to search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings
chiefly Australia and New Zealand
: to search for by or as if by rummaging : ferret out
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The first known use of fossick was in 1852
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