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

As a hod carrier, Volpe financed a trade-school education, then, in the depths of the Depression, borrowed $500 to go into the construction business.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had never deserted him in the years in which he lifted himself from stoker to hod carrier to bartender to cop to D.A. to brigadier general in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Broadcloth is wiser, just as a skilled workman is wiser than a hod carrier.

From The Diamond Coterie by Lynch, Lawrence L.