dozer

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[ doh-zer ]

noun
  1. a person who dozes.

Origin of dozer

1
First recorded in 1700–10; doze1 + -er1

Words Nearby dozer

Other definitions for dozer (2 of 2)

dozer2
[ doh-zer ]

Origin of dozer

2
By shortening

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How to use dozer in a sentence

  • 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
  • The old waiter is a picture every frequenter will recognise, and the smoking a dozer no unusual bit of a spree.

    The English Spy | Bernard Blackmantle
  • Instantly the rockets cut off, drums of fuel and air and food came out of the cargo-hatch and Pop swept forward with the dozer.

    Scrimshaw | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • No boisterous arguments from snuff-taking sexagenarians: all is placid —Eden-like—just as a dozer's sanctorum ought to be!

British Dictionary definitions for dozer

dozer

/ (ˈdəʊzə) /


noun
  1. mainly US short for bulldozer

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