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

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hod carrier

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

He then worked for a time as a hod carrier, returned to California and became a caretaker of a lodge in the Sierras.

From Time Magazine Archive

The German Foreign Minister, onetime Wine & Spirits Salesman Joachim von Ribbentrop, went to Rome to design the basis for this arbitration with Benito Mussolini, onetime hod carrier.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fink, who was the veteran bill poster of the town, was as round shouldered as a hod carrier.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell