Talk:fossick
Add topicLatest comment: 4 months ago by Overlordnat1
To my knowledge this is not chiefly British but mainly used in Australia and New Zealand, with a localised usage in Cornwall, England. Etymologically it has been suggested that it comes from Cornish. Clarificition needed to show it is mainly used in Australia? — This unsigned comment was added by Jakeybean (talk • contribs) at 03:25, 6 June 2010.
- It was used extensively in the south of England (not just in Cornwall - as far east as Essex and as far north as Staffs) when I lived there (1954 to 1971); I haven't heard it recently, but that's probably because I've not lived there since. So I#m not at all sure that localised usage in Cornwall is correct, nor used mainly in Aus and NZ. Michealt 21:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
- If you ‘firk about’ or ‘firk around’ for something you rummage for it, in Staffordshire dialect, though this sense is currently missing from our firk entry. Might fossick be related to firk? Overlordnat1 (talk) 22:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC)