hodman

[ hod-muhn ]

noun

, plural hod·men.

1. hod carrier.

hodman

/ ˈhɒdmən /

noun

1. another name for a hod carrier

Word History and Origins

Origin of hodman¹

First recorded in 1580–90; hod + man

Example Sentences

There is no scaffolding, no hodman with bricks and mortar; the solid stone walls seem to grow up in the most hopeless confusion. 

From Project Gutenberg

They have been the administrators, the servants, living by borrowed precept, receiving orders, doing hodmen's work.

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A dense tide of population thronged the close, confined passages, mostly of hodmen, bricklayers' laborers, and scavengers, with old-clothesmen, beggars, and others whose rollicking air and daring look bespoke more hazardous modes of life.

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But one fine day he walked in upon the principal builder, and told him to come next morning, to his garden, with the necessary workmen--stonemasons, hodmen, and so forth--and build him a house.

From Project Gutenberg

"Then I must go as a hodman or a breaker of stones," said Brian, "for I mean to go."

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