Hopperdozer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]