“The hodman skillfully balanced a heavy load of bricks on his shoulder as he climbed up the ladder to assist the bricklayer.”

“As the carpentering business was not going well he would turn day-laborer, be a mason's hodman, ditcher, break stones on the road.”

“The question of the war with England is debated by every native paviour and hodman of New York.”

“Success began to look not like an aurora, but like a solid structure built of bricks that must be carried in hods.”

“Were going to keep right on fillin the hods, and if anybody forgets when its his turn, Im goin to beat him on the bean.”

“From the days of the Pharaohs they had carried their bricks and their mortar in hods on their heads or on their shoulders.”

“Usually the hoddies would start half an hour earlier in the morning so that when we arrived the scaffolding was loaded with bricks and mortar.”

“I've seen some of the hoddies drink from the water butts before.”