hod carrier

American  

noun

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

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hod carrier British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of hod carrier

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 • Dec. 23, 2022

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

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2010

O'Dwyer became successively a coal passer, longshoreman, hod carrier, plasterer's helper, policeman, attorney, magistrate, juvenile-delinquency expert, county judge, district attorney.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Philadelphia, James C. Mason, who helped build Central High School as a hod carrier in 1894, finally enrolled as a student, at 74.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two men of the same avoirdupois may be walking side by side on the street, but one of them may be a genius and the other a hod carrier.

From The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing by Clippinger, D. A. (David Alva)