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n. - Forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil; Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water.

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  • Baker was a great douser of fires, particularly in an election year.
  • BETTY HIGGINS. U.S. FORES. S.RVICE: Can't get a douser in this, so mostly it's hand-lined, and that's hard work on our firefighters.
  • I hate to be a douser of flames when it comes to getting our own anger on the table but there is no place for this kind of discourse and if we allow the Republicans to...
  • One thing that is usually absent from the story, that I have seen in the previews of the Carrey one, is in the GoC past section his hat is actually a douser for his...
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