rock doctor

Mining, Slang

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a geologist.

Quotations

1952

Then the Indian brought back the rock doctor a sample of iron ore of extremely high grade and led him to the place in Ungava where he had found it.

1964

Another "doctor" is the rock-doctor, a term originally applied to a geologist holding a doctor's degree, but now generally applied to all geologists.