hodman

American  

[hod-muhn] / ˈhɒd mən /

noun

• hodmen
  plural

1. hod carrier.

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hodman British  

/ ˈhɒdmən /

noun

1. another name for a hod carrier

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hodmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hodman

First recorded in 1580–90; hod + man

Example Sentences

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hodman hodmen

From the Irish reaper or hodman to the chief justice or the minister of state, nearly all the work of society is remunerated by day wages or fixed salaries.

From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles

After four days new red bricks began to arrive, carried by a quite guiltless hodman who had not visited the house before.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

And he was weary already; sick at scouring the town, at earning twenty-five sous an hour from ignorant architects, who treated him like a hodman.

From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

In turn he tried to learn a baker's calling, became a mason's hodman, secured work at the markets, but without ever fixing himself anywhere.

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

I am a very hodman, a spiritual Sisyphus.

From The Wizard by Haggard, Henry Rider

Then, going to his carriage, he saw several hodmen lounging about, who were carrying mortar for some repairs that were being made at the palace.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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 The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

Mirabeau himself has his instructive Journal or Journals, with Geneva hodmen working in them; and withal has quarrels enough with Dame le Jay, his Female Bookseller, so ultra-compliant otherwise.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

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.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

The monks were not only the architects, but also the masons, and even the hodmen of their edifices.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William