hopperdozer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow box containing kerosene or coated with a sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

Word forms

hopperdozer hopperdozers

Etymology

From hopper, as in grasshopper, doze or dose (because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison), + -er.

Related words

aphidozer hopperette
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