Meaning

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

  2. (broadly, slang)A geophysicist working in the field to explore oil or other natural resources.

Origin

From doodlebug (“divining rod”) + -er.

From doodlebug (“divining rod”) + -er.

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Forms

plural: doodlebuggers
Singulardoodlebugger
Pluraldoodlebuggers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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