I was a master puddler in the mill and a musician in the town band (I always went with men older than myself). Two stove molders from a neighboring factory were visiting me that day, and, as it was dry and hot, I offered to treat them to a cool drink. There were no soda fountains in those days and the only place to take a friend was to the tavern. We went in and my companions ordered beer. Babe, the bully, was standing by the bar. He had just come of age, and wanted to bulldoze me with that fact. "Don't serve Jimmy Davis a beer," Babe commanded. "He's a minor.英文原著 · 《The Iron Puddler》
"Come have a drink," said Stuart to me. "I am glad you said it. Old Mother Mattern will let down those prodigy skirts. The poor girl has been ashamed of them these two years, but momma has bulldozed her into staying young for stage effect. The girl's not conceited, for a wonder, and she speaks well. It is even betting which of the two widows you have made the maddest."英文原著 · 《The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories》
So he's someone we can reason with, not some crackpot who's gonna lie down in front of the bulldozers.美剧 · 《Billions》
We were all set to go, bulldozers at the ready, and then the environmental impact study turns up five endangered yellow-spotted frogs.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》