hopperdozer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hopper, as in grasshopper, doze or dose (because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison), + -er.
Noun
[edit]hopperdozer (plural hopperdozers)
- 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.