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bug man

noun — 2 senses

bug man

nounalso spelled bug-man
1

Canada, US, Colloquial A man employed to exterminate pests; an exterminator.

bug-man

noun

Etymology From bug + -man.

1

US, Dated, Slang A micropaleontologist, particularly a foraminiferologist.

  • "Bug-men" lead hunt for black gold: Searching for oil with a microscopeMarch 1932, Popular Mechanics, p. 370
Related terms
oil bug

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for bug man and bug-man.