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adj. The type of search one conducts that leads [to failure] or disappointment.
Experienced with increasingly regularity on the interweb in the latter 1/2 of the [oughties].
Archaic A phrase used to describe a brief, or not all that thourough a search.
See [OED] for more info.
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