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wildcatting

Main Entry:: ³wildcat
Function:: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s):: wild·cat·ted; wild·cat·ting
Date:: circa 1903

: to prospect and drill an experimental oil or gas well or sink a mine shaft in territory not known to be productive

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