or brother hod, subs. (common).—A bricklayer’s labourer.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
HOD OF MORTAR, subs. phr. (rhyming).—A pot of porter.
