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prospecting ‎(plural prospectings)

The act of one who prospects.
- 1858, William Howitt, Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria (page 54)
  He declared that the country was an intellectual desert; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.

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