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hod(1) (iou)



hod noun. L16.
[Var. of HOT noun1.]
A builder's open receptacle, now usu. a trough on a staff, for carrying mortar, bricks, or stones; the quantity that such a receptacle will contain, a hodful. L16.
A receptacle for carrying or holding coal; a coal-scuttle. E19.
Comb.: hodman a building worker who carries a hod; now chiefly fig., an unskilled worker, a literary hack.
hodful noun the quantity that a hod will contain; (somewhat derog.) a large quantity: E19.