hod-carrier

In the run-up to 1984 his regime frequently included two rows – morning and evening – sandwiched between a day's work as a hod-carrier.

Andy Holmes, a double Olympic gold medal winner, dies aged 51 Martin Cross 2010

One of the officers thought it unavoidable that troops would abandon the “uniformity of the clean, smart, soldier, and substitute, in his stead, the look of the slovenly, undisciplined wood-hewer, sand-digger, and hod-carrier.”

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

If we are imbued with the spirit of the architect and not of the hod-carrier, we will hope sweetly for the work.

The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

One of the officers thought it unavoidable that troops would abandon the “uniformity of the clean, smart, soldier, and substitute, in his stead, the look of the slovenly, undisciplined wood-hewer, sand-digger, and hod-carrier.”

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

One of the officers thought it unavoidable that troops would abandon the “uniformity of the clean, smart, soldier, and substitute, in his stead, the look of the slovenly, undisciplined wood-hewer, sand-digger, and hod-carrier.”

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

One of the officers thought it unavoidable that troops would abandon the “uniformity of the clean, smart, soldier, and substitute, in his stead, the look of the slovenly, undisciplined wood-hewer, sand-digger, and hod-carrier.”

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Actually I think I remember a hod-carrier superhero back in a George RR Martin book.

Reviews Too Brief: In the Loop Walter Jon Williams 2010

Thus we understand that the weight of expectation led Wayne Rooney to huff his way through the World Cup like a hod-carrier from the Isthmian League.

Diary 2010

The brick-layer went on with his job, but slowly, sending his hod-carrier to fetch Long who, while not exactly a boss, had a margin more authority than the man with the brick in his hand.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

The brick-layer went on with his job, but slowly, sending his hod-carrier to fetch Long who, while not exactly a boss, had a margin more authority than the man with the brick in his hand.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005