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rummager
Variant of rummage
noun
- miscellaneous articles; odds and ends
- a rummaging, or thorough search
transitive verb rummaged, rummaging
- to search through (a place, receptacle, etc.) thoroughly, esp. by moving the contents about, turning them over, etc.; ransack
- to get, find, or turn up by or as by searching thoroughly: with up or out
intransitive verb
to search diligently, now sometimes haphazardly, as through the contents of a receptacle
Related Forms:
- rummager noun
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