fossicker
- a word derived from fossick.
Example Sentences
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That we worked with a will, the remark made to me by an old fossicker will go to show.
From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford
We knew a fossicker whose cat used to bring him a bunny nearly every night.
From On the Track by Lawson, Henry
When, as sometimes happens, a fossicker comes in with a “shammy” full of gold, and lays himself out to make himself and every one else happy, then indeed the hotel-keeper's harvest is a rich one.
From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford
He differs from the fossicker who rifles old workings, or spends his time in trying abandoned washdirt.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
The deck seemed to lurch, and the fossicker fell forward against the face of the drive.
From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry
