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pollack [origin uncertain] Slang 
v. look for usable or salable items that others have discarded, as in a dump or a junk shop.
- 1963 "Well, sir, in one of the villages up near the Point, I was pollacking around. And what did I find, stuck away in a corner, but this lovely fan."
- 1963 "Well, sir, in one of the villages up near the Point, I was pollacking around. And what did I find, stuck away in a corner, but this lovely fan."