Hodful

Hugh had recognized the brawny figure halfway up the long ladder, hefting a hodful of slates surely few of his younger labourers could have lifted. ❋ Peters, Ellis, 1913- (1988)

Both nut and stove coal is used in this heater, and in the severest winter weather it burns not more than a common hodful in twenty-four hours. ❋ William Falconer (N/A)

After worrying a bit about the best place to dump his hodful, he went to work. ❋ Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim (N/A)

Leonard had made his escape, Belle brought up a supplementary hodful of coal. ❋ Kathleen Thompson Norris (1923)

This democratic movement in Europe; Kossuth and Mazzini waiting for the moment to give the word; the Russian bear watchfully sucking his paws; the Napoleonic empire redivivus; Cuba, and annexation, and Slavery; California and Australia, and the consequent considerations of political economy; dear me! exclaimed we, putting on a fresh hodful of coal, we must look a little into the state of parties. ❋ Various (1887)

At the same time, perhaps, our women might prefer to acquire their carriage in some other way than "toting" a hodful of bricks to the top of a four-story building. ❋ William Eleroy Curtis (1880)

If the weather prophet will declare what the average temperature of the winter is to be, we can tell to a hodful how much coal will maintain a summer heat throughout the establishment. ❋ Unknown (1875)

It has a cover of the same material, and it may be carried from an upper floor with no more offensiveness than a hodful of common earth. ❋ Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)

a fresh hodful of coal, we must look a little into the state of parties. ❋ George William Curtis (1858)

I've carried this same hodful up an 'down all day, and he thinks I've been workin'. " ❋ Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher (N/A)