hop|per|doz|er

hop|per|doz|er
hop|per|doz|er «HOP uhr DOH zuhr», noun.
U.S. a device for catching and killing locusts, consisting of a large, shallow pan of oil or kerosene mounted upon runners and pulled by a tractor across a field, so that the jumping insects fall into the pan.
[< hopper1 + (bull)dozer]

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