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Word: Fossick
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 19th century (referring to mining): probably from the English dialect sense ‘obtain by asking’ (i.e. ‘ferret out’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɒsɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
rummage; search
Short Definition:rummage
Examples:- he spent years fossicking through documents
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