hod

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noun
  1. a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.

  2. a coal scuttle.

Origin of hod

1
1565–75; perhaps later variant of Middle English hot basket for carrying earth

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hod

/ (hɒd) /


noun
  1. an open metal or plastic box fitted with a handle, for carrying bricks, mortar, etc

  2. a tall narrow coal scuttle

Origin of hod

1
C14: perhaps alteration of C13 dialect hot, from Old French hotte pannier, creel, probably from Germanic

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