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James Wood
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English Muddle: Alan Hollinghurst
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fossick
(en)
(verb) to search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings / (verb) to search about; rummage / (verb) to search for by or as if by rummaging; ferret out
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It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way
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It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way
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7 years, 3 months ago
fustian
(en)
(noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric / (noun) a class of cotton fabrics usually having a pile face and twill weave / (noun) high-flown or affected writing or speech / (noun) anything high-flown or affected in style
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It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way
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It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way
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7 years, 3 months ago