| 单词 | hodman |
| 释义 | hodman (once / 90224 pages) n WORD FAMILY hodman: hodmen USAGE EXAMPLESThere is no scaffolding, no hodman with bricks and mortar; the solid stone walls seem to grow up in the most hopeless confusion. Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing), Cities of the Dawn(2011) They have been the administrators, the servants, living by borrowed precept, receiving orders, doing hodmen's work. Dell, Floyd, Women as World Builders—Studies in...(2010) "Then I must go as a hodman or a breaker of stones," said Brian, "for I mean to go." Sergeant, Adeline, Under False Pretences—A Novel(2010) n a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers Syn|Hyper hod carrier jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor |
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