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Hugh had recognized the brawny figure halfway up the long ladder, hefting a hodful of slates surely few of his younger labourers could have lifted.

The Confession of Brother Haluin Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988

Hugh had recognized the brawny figure halfway up the long ladder, hefting a hodful of slates surely few of his younger labourers could have lifted.

The Confession of Brother Haluin Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988

After worrying a bit about the best place to dump his hodful, he went to work.

Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim

Both nut and stove coal is used in this heater, and in the severest winter weather it burns not more than a common hodful in twenty-four hours.

Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure William Falconer

Leonard had made his escape, Belle brought up a supplementary hodful of coal.

Martie, the Unconquered Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

This democratic movement in Europe; Kossuth and Mazzini waiting for the moment to give the word; the Russian bear watchfully sucking his paws; the Napoleonic empire redivivus; Cuba, and annexation, and Slavery; California and Australia, and the consequent considerations of political economy; dear me! exclaimed we, putting on a fresh hodful of coal, we must look a little into the state of parties.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Various 1887

At the same time, perhaps, our women might prefer to acquire their carriage in some other way than "toting" a hodful of bricks to the top of a four-story building.

Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

If the weather prophet will declare what the average temperature of the winter is to be, we can tell to a hodful how much coal will maintain a summer heat throughout the establishment.

Homes and How to Make Them 1875

It has a cover of the same material, and it may be carried from an upper floor with no more offensiveness than a hodful of common earth.

American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

a fresh hodful of coal, we must look a little into the state of parties.

The Potiphar Papers George William Curtis 1858