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Fossick
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(probably an English dialectical expression, meaning fussy or troublesome), a term applied by the gold diggers of Australia to the search for gold by solitary individuals, in untried localities or in abandoned diggings. A "fossicker," or pocket miner, is one who buys up the right to search old claims, in the hope of finding gold overlooked by previous diggers.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Fossick'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/fossick.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Fossick'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/fossick.html. 1910.
