ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Doodlebugger

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Doodlebugger is a noun meaning (slang) A dowser searching for subterranean natural resources such as water or oil.

Meaning

(slang) A dowser searching for subterranean natural resources such as water or oil.

More Meanings

  1. (slang, by extension) A geophysicist working in the field to explore oil or other natural resources.

Example Sentences

This was a "doodlebugger," a man who searches for oil with divining rods of wondrous shapes and descriptions. And not just any doodlebugger, but one of the hottest noses in the amateur oil-sniffing game – Walter J. Nelson.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doodlebugging, doodlebug, doodle-bug, welldigger, digger, ditchdigger.

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