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hod

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hod  (hd)
n.
1. A trough carried over the shoulder for transporting loads, as of bricks or mortar.
2. A coal scuttle.

[Perhaps alteration of dialectal hot, from Middle English, pannier, from Old French hotte, of Germanic origin.]

hod [hɒd]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) an open metal or plastic box fitted with a handle, for carrying bricks, mortar, etc.
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a tall narrow coal scuttle
[perhaps alteration of C13 dialect hot, from Old French hotte pannier, creel, probably from Germanic]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hodhod - an open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder
box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
Translations
hod [hɒd] Ncapacho m
hod [ˈhɒd] n (for bricks)oiseau m, hotte f
hod
n
(for bricks, mortar etc) → Tragmulde f
(= also coal hod)Kohlenschütte (→ r m) f


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The Chinks hod forty-five pounds each comun' tull them in wages, an' I was no a- thunkun' they 'ud run.
When she was a baby, Jo had accidently dropped her into the coal hod, and Amy insisted that the fall had ruined her nose forever.
But he was a gran' bhoy all the same, an' I'm only a mudtipper wid a hod on me shoulthers.
 
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