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Doodlebug, nickname of Craig Irving, American rapper from the group Digable Planets Dowsing or doodlebugging, divining for petroleum or water Reflection seismology data collection or doodlebugging
Doodlebug or hoodlebug is a nickname in the United States for a type of self-propelled railcar most commonly configured to carry both passengers and freight, often dedicated baggage, mail or express, as in a combine. [1] The term has been used interchangeably with jitney.
Doodlebug tractor is the colloquial American English name for a tractor home-made in the United States during World War II, when production tractors were in short supply. The doodlebug of the 1940s was usually based on a 1920s or 1930s era Ford automobile which was then modified either by the complete removal or alteration of some of the ...
The Doodlebug disaster was a railway accident that occurred on July 31, 1940, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in the United States. A Pennsylvania Railroad , gasoline -powered " doodlebug " passenger rail car collided head-on with a freight train ; the impact and resulting fire caused the deaths of all but three of the 46 onboard.
The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1" [a]) was an early cruise missile.Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) designation was Fieseler Fi 103 [3] and its suggestive name was Höllenhund ().
Brogan-like shoes, called "brogues" (from Old Irish "bróc" meaning "shoe"), were made and worn in Ireland and Scotland as early as the 16th century, and the shoe type probably originated in Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were used by the Scots and the Irish as work boots to wear in the wet, boggy Scottish and Irish countryside. [ 3 ]
Brogan or O'Brogan, is a surname originating in Ireland, anglicized from the original Ó Brógáin. The form McBrogan, is also present sharing the meaning of O'Brogan, essentially "son of Brogan." The form McBrogan, is also present sharing the meaning of O'Brogan, essentially "son of Brogan."
Doodlebug (antlion) doodles and pit traps in the Grand Canyon. The exact meaning of the name "antlion" is uncertain. It has been thought to refer to ants forming a large percentage of the prey of the insect, the suffix "lion" merely suggesting "destroyer" or "hunter". [2] In any case, the term seems to go back to classical antiquity. [3]