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[British (Cornish) dialect: fossick, troublesome person; fussick bustle about, from fuss + -ick.] . . .
This week's theme: words originating in Australia.
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Is no one else puzzled about a word listed as being of Cornish origin showing up in a list of words originating in Australia?
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Oh, yes, I'm puzzled, too. Maybe we should ask Jackie to write Anu and i(e)nquire?
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Perhaps it is from persons of Cornish descent who were shipped to the penal colony of Australia. Maybe for stealing a hen.
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shipped to the penal colony of Australia
And *they sprung it on an unsuspecting world, whereas the Cornish kept it hidden in the hen coop.
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Did Faldage just make chopped chicken liver out of Alex?
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chopped chicken liver out of Alex
I don't think so. It was sposed to be just a follow up and continuation.
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All righty then. Guess I was just being a bleating fussick bustle.
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Well one can't complain about hidden liver being chopped. :)
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What chopped? They stole the hen that the Cornish had kept hidden in the hen house. Follow up and continuation. What!? Now we can't even refer to something someone else has said without being accused of aggravated mantlery? Sheesh!!!
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