wildcat
noun
any of several North American felines of the genus Lynx.
had been wildcatting
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past perfect progressiveof wildcat.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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As far back as 1910 Ochsner had been wildcatting on the public domain around Kettleman.
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