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hod [hod] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for hod on Thesaurus.com noun
- a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- a coal scuttle.
Origin of hod 1565–75; perhaps later variant of Middle English hot basket for carrying earth Related Words for hod pail, pot, kettle, cask, can, canister, jar, crate, packet, vessel, dish, storage, bowl, carton, jug, utensil, vase, capsule, sack, pouch Examples from the Web for hod Historical Examples of hod
When he needed any, he’d say to a servant: “James, fetch me up a hod of change.”
Joseph C. Lincoln
Hod thy tail in the watter, lad, and there’s hope for thee yit.
Hall Caine
But he was a gran’ bhoy all the same, an’ I’m only a mudtipper wid a hod on me shoulthers.
Rudyard Kipling
Hod ain’t thought of that yet, an’ my horse is tied in the alley.
James B. Hendryx
You wait here a minute, an’ I’ll git Hod Blake, he’s the marshal.
James B. Hendryx
British Dictionary definitions for hod hod noun
- an open metal or plastic box fitted with a handle, for carrying bricks, mortar, etc
- a tall narrow coal scuttle
Word Origin for hod C14: perhaps alteration of C13 dialect hot, from Old French hotte pannier, creel, probably from Germanic Word Origin and History for hod n.
1570s, alteration of Middle English hott “pannier” (c.1300), from Old French hotte “basket to carry on the back,” apparently from Frankish *hotta or some other Germanic source (cf. Middle High German hotze “cradle”). Altered by influence of cognate Middle Dutch hodde “basket.”