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hod carrier
noun
- a mason's assistant whose work is to carry hods of materials to the mason.
hod carrier
noun
- a labourer who carries the materials in a hod for a plasterer, bricklayer, etc Also calledhodman
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hod carrier1
First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences
Broadcloth is wiser, just as a skilled workman is wiser than a hod carrier.
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In this way the water was not only the hod carrier of the dam construction, but the stone mason as well.
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If we are imbued with the spirit of the architect and not of the hod-carrier, we will hope sweetly for the work.
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President or hod-carrier, general or boot-black, clergyman or express-driver, authoress or apple-woman—all are treated alike.
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Its victims are found in all classes from the hod carrier in his bespattered rags up to the members of Congress in their ruffles.
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