"Hodman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... said the second brother. "What you propose to do is much the same as doing nothing; it is no better than a hodman's work, and can be done by machinery. You had much better become a mason. That is something, and that is what I will be. Yes, that is a good trade. A mason can get into a trade's corporation, become a burgher, have his own colours and his own club. Indeed, if I prosper, I may ...
— The Sand-Hills of Jutland • Hans Christian Andersen
... with all the agility of a practical hodman. The steps ended with a trap-door in the ceiling, which he ...
— The Cock-House at Fellsgarth • Talbot Baines Reed |
