英语词汇“hod carrier”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example sentences from the Web for hod carrier

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

British Dictionary definitions for hod carrier

hod carrier

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	hod carrier
释义	hod carrier noun 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 Words nearby hod carrier Hocktide, hocus, hocus-pocus, hod, ho-dad, hod carrier, hodden, Hodeida, Hodge, Hodgenville, hodgepodge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hod carrier 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 British Dictionary definitions for hod carrier hod carrier noun a labourer who carries the materials in a hod for a plasterer, bricklayer, etcAlso called: hodman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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hod carrier

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for hod carrier

noun