Some, however, were identified as head andhod, in some cases in agreement with the word that the extract was taken from.
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The demands outstanding on local authority housing contracts in this area are for six bricklayers and twohodcarriers.
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I was involved there, albeit only as a labourer or ahod-carrier.
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Amongst the moulders the percentage was as high as 70, and amongsthodcarriers it was 40.
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He was particularly eloquent on the same theme when discussing pedal-operated sanitary bins and coal hods.
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No longer does the labourer carry ahodon his shoulder and climb up a ladder like a fly.
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I am not sure that thehodcarrier is ready for the run.
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He performs a useful function, though it is not as constructive as that of ahod-carrier.
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During his teenage years he worked as a binman, waiter andhodcarrier.
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He then worked as a binman, waiter andhodcarrier and therefore entered the game relatively late.
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These other classifications (in order of prestige) typically include the heavy equipment operators, ironworkers, carpenters, masons, teamsters/truck drivers andhodcarriers.
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Hodcarrying is a skilled labouring occupation in the building industry.
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Two bricklayers for eachhodcarrier is quite normal.
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Hodcarrier shows work in the civil engineering field.
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Our men were thus enabled to get water at any of the hods in the desert in a very short space of time.
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