subs. (American).—1.  A bully; a braggart; a swaggerer: cf. BULL-DOSE.

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  1878.  North American Review, CXXVII., 426. The great ‘BULLDOZER’ of Europe.

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  1882.  New York Tribune, 3 May. The hotel where he was staying was visited … by a mob of BULL-DOZERS.

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  2.  (common).—A pistol: see BULLDOG and BARKER.

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  1881.  The Saturday Review, July 9, 40, 2. A Californian BULL-DOSER is a pistol which carries a bullet heavy enough to destroy human life with certainty.

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