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bug-man en · NOUN

Etymology

From bug + -man.

Meanings

  1. (US, dated, qualifier:oil industry, slang) A micropaleontologist, particularly a foraminiferologist.
    • "Bug-men" lead hunt for black gold: Searching for oil with a microscope March 1932, Popular Mechanics, p. 370

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oil bug