Noun
A dowser searching for subterranean natural resources such as water or oil.
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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.
A geophysicist working in the field to explore oil or other natural resources.
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