hod carrier

a mason's assistant whose work is to carry hods of materials to the mason.

Also called hodman.

Origin of hod carrier

First recorded in 1765–75

hockshop, hocktide, hocus, hocus-pocus, hod, hod carrier, hodden, hodeida, hodge, hodgenville, hodgepodge

What a novel thing it would be to witness the gradual growth of a hod-carrier!

Rudder Grange |Frank R. Stockton
He must have the eye of an artist, the back of a hod-carrier, the touch of a wood-chopper one day, and of an engraver the next.

Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting |William T. Hornaday
President or hod-carrier, general or boot-black, clergyman or express-driver, authoress or apple-woman—all are treated alike.

Lights and Shadows of New York Life |James D. McCabe
Richard could not avoid a feeling of distrustful contempt for himself when he discovered that he ate like a hod-carrier.

The President |Alfred Henry Lewis

The hod-carrier and the soldier have the earth and the sailor the ocean.

Smoking and Drinking |James Parton

hod carrier

a labourer who carries the materials in a hod for a plasterer, bricklayer, etc Also called: hodman