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Definition of Hopperdozer

Hopperdozer
Hopperdozer Hop"per*doz`er, n. [Hopper (as in grasshopper) + doze or dose; because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison.] (Agric.) An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

Meaning of Hopperdozer from wikipedia

- smothering out the flames. A device called a hopperdozer was used to attempt to stop the infestation. The hopperdozer had a s****er with coal tar that was pulled...
- trenches to burn as many of the locusts as possible), smearing them with "hopperdozers", a type of plow device pulled behind horses that had a shield that knocked...
- pests which were so rapidly destroying crops, he devised the sheet iron "hopperdozer," which was very practical and is still in use. Robbins and his brother-in-law...