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spud (in) † 

• v. begin to drill an oil well.

  • 1952  (1956)  On Tuesday morning, Garry spudded in.
  • 1958  . . . at the time the wildcat was spudded, crew members were taking bets among themselves that it would be a dry hole.
  • 1960  [The] foreman . . . spudded (began drilling) in March 1. . . .