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wild-catter
[f. wild cat + -er1.]
a. A prospector who sinks wildcat wells.
b. A wildcat striker.
1883Century Mag. July 327/2 The ‘wild-catters,’ as the prospectors are called who take the risks of sinking wells in unknown territory. 1925A. B. Thompson Oil-Fields Explor. & Devel. I. vii. 314 The speculative spirit aroused by the gusher has had much to do with..inspiring the wild-catter to pursue his quest for extended areas of development. 1947R. Bedichek Adv. with Texas Naturalist x. 116, I left the highway, following an old road which led me to the site of some wildcatters' dream and disillusionment. 1966Punch 23 Mar. 404/3 That union refusing membership to a one-armed labourer may have had a point. Just as you don't hit a boy with glasses, even the wildest wildcatter might jib at intimidating this man. 1973[see shoot-'em-up]. 1980A. Coppel Hastings Conspiracy iv. 31 The militant wildcatters or the British air traffic controllers' union. 1981Sci. Digest Aug. 118/3 Like wildcatters bringing in a gusher, a few of the students develop products with gilt-edged possibilities. |