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