dozer









dozer


dozer 1[doh-zer] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. a person who dozes.

Origin of dozer 1First recorded in 1700–10; doze1 + -er1 dozer 2[doh-zer] noun

  1. bulldozer(def 1).

Origin of dozer 2by shortening Examples from the Web for dozer Historical Examples of dozer

  • Danny was standing up at the controls of the ‘dozer, waving his arms.

    Where There’s Hope

    Jerome Bixby

  • His crew was struggling to get a log set so he could shove it into place with the ‘dozer.

    Where There’s Hope

    Jerome Bixby

  • If it’s directed to knock over some little house loved by generations, that’s no fault of the dozer.

    The Trial of Callista Blake

    Edgar Pangborn

  • No boisterous arguments from snuff-taking sexagenarians: all is placid —Eden-like—just as a dozer’s sanctorum ought to be!

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 266, July 28, 1827

    Various

  • Uvar Ivanovitch was reposing in the attic on a wide and comfortable divan, known as a ‘samo-son’ or ‘dozer.’

    On the Eve

    Ivan Turgenev

  • British Dictionary definitions for dozer dozer noun

    1. mainly US short for bulldozer
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