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They were shown the plan of a building, and the "greater" members, furnished with trowels, were obliged to build it in edibles, the "lesser" acting as hodmen, and bringing materials.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora

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

Journeymen masons feasted on venison pasties, carpenters' apprentices and hungry hodmen, for once in their lives stayed their appetites with roast pheasant and pat� de foie gras.

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

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

Such were the preparations that were made for the obsequies of the defunct king; and his body was watched by a few servants and these hodmen whom Andouille had employed as messengers.

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