单词 | doodlebugger |
释义 | > as lemmasˈdoodlebugger ˈdoodlebugger n. a prospector; also, an oil geophysicist or seismographer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun] > prospector wild-catter1883 doodlebug1933 doodlebugger1944 1944 Calif. Folklore Q. III. 55 In east Texas near the town of Linden a doodlebugger had located an oil field ‘that would make Spindle Top look like a rainbow on a slush pile,’ as he described it. 1982 Fortune 25 Jan. 96/2 The doodlebugger's ambition is to reproduce seismic pictures with the fine detail of a coffee-table book of glossy photographs. < as lemmas |
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