Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/May 25

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Word of the day
for May 25
hod n
  1. A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.
  2. The amount of material held by a hod (sense 1); a hodful.
  3. A blowpipe used by a pewterer.
  4. (horse racing) A bookmaker's bag.
  5. (originally British, dialectal and US) A receptacle for carrying coal, particularly one shaped like a bucket which is designed for loading coal or coke through the door of a firebox.

hod v

  1. (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.
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