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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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 L. (Luise) Mühlbach
The monks were not only the architects, but also the masons, and even the hodmen of their edifices.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley
To them are joined a considerable number of furnace-men's assistants, stovepipe-men's assistants, mason's assistants, and hodmen who assist the assistants of the masons, the furnace-men, and the pipe-men.
From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Edward Everett Hale
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 Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
If you, dear good hodmen, would have but let me fall!
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Thomas Henry Huxley
