bug-man

See also: bugman

English

Etymology

From bug +‎ -man.

Noun

bug-man (plural bug-men)

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

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