wildcatter
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wildcatter (plural wildcatters)
- (US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
- A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
- (firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
- a. 2005, “Ammunition”, in Weatherby, archived from the original on 15 February 2005:
- Roy Weatherby began his career in the firearms industry as a “wildcatter”, developing his revolutionary ideas about rifle cartridge performance and design.
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