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bulldozer|ˈbʊldəʊzə(r)|
orig. U.S. Also bull-doser, bull-dozer.
[f. bull-dose, -doze v.]
1. a. One who ‘bull-dozes’. b. A large pistol.
1876in Congress. Rec. (1877) 9 Jan. 500/1 A band of bulldozers came into Saint Francisville. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 426 The great ‘Bulldozer’ of Europe. 1881Sat. Rev. 9 July 40/2 A Californian bull-doser is a pistol which carries a bullet heavy enough to destroy human life with certainty. 1882New York Tribune 3 May, The hotel where he was staying was visited..by a mob of bull-dozers. 1899M. Kingsley Let. 19 Mar. in S. Gwynn Life of M. K. (1933) 210 They leave that to the bulldozers, and the present system mistakes these bulldozers for representative men.
2. A heavy caterpillar tractor fitted with a broad steel blade in front, used for removing obstacles, levelling uneven surfaces, etc.
1930Water Works & Sewerage (U.S.) June 262/3 The bulldozer is built for heavy duty. 1941N. & Q. CLXXXI. 119/1 If they can bring in American machinery, why can't they bring in bull-dozers? 1942Times 9 Oct. 2/2 There are..machines for levelling—motor-propelled scrapers—tractors, dumpers, angle-dozers and bull-dozers.
b. fig. (Also attrib.)
1945R. J. Oakes in Coast to Coast 1944 100 The fourth man was a gunner, a bulldozer of a man. 1952Sat. Rev. 9 Aug. 12 The bulldozer determination with which he plowed through confused happenings. 1955Times 21 June 9/4 Such spotters can..obtain ‘bulldozer’ rights for a patrol on a hot scent to pass through the areas of other units without being shot in error. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Feb. 102/1 The bulldozer detective tactics of Inspector Evans. |