hodman
noun
hodmen
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pluralof hodman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On this point there can be no doubt; for these hodmen of poetry 'made a wall in our father's house, and the bricks are alive to testify unto this day.'
From Plays and Puritans by Kingsley, Charles
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
The executioners led him into the interior of the guardhouse, which was filled with slaves, archers, hodmen, and the very dregs of the people, but there were no soldiers.
From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Emmerich, Anna Catherine
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)
If you, dear good hodmen, would have but let me fall!
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
