hod carrier

noun

1. a mason's assistant whose work is to carry hods of materials to the mason.

hod carrier

noun

1. a labourer who carries the materials in a hod for a plasterer, bricklayer, etc Also calledhodman

Word History and Origins

Origin of hod carrier¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

When she was 9, Charlene, her parents and her seven siblings moved to Chicago, where her father worked as a Pullman porter and a hod carrier.

From New York Times

He worked as a coal-bagger and then a hod carrier as a young man to help supplement his family’s income, building formidable upper-body strength.

From Washington Post

If a man don’t understand latin now a daze, he kant hardly enjoy the conversashun ov a hod carrier.

From Project Gutenberg

At various times he was a hod carrier, a logger in Alaska, a stock clerk, a truck driver, a manager of a hot-sheet motel and a gym instructor.

From New York Times

Holmes made the headlines that day because he had funded his Olympic effort by working as a hod carrier.

From The Guardian