Meaning of hod carrier | Babel Free
Definitions
A bricklayer’s or mason’s laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod.
Equivalents
Examples
“I shall have⟳ my eye punched out by a total abstinence fist, or my nose broken by Sobriety's flagstaff, or my skull fractured by a temperate shillelagh! Yes; I shall be brained by yonder red-headed hod-carrier, with the muddy knees,—who, for all his uproarious support⟳ of the element, would as soon be choked as drink⟳ Boyne Water!”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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