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Meaning of doodlebugger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A dowser searching for subterranean natural resources such as water or oil.
    slang
  2. A geophysicist working in the field to explore oil or other natural resources.
    broadly, slang

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

doodlebugging Doodled doodlehead Doodler Doodles doodlesack

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