different between dodman vs hodman

English

Etymology

Possibly dod (“(archaic) rounded, bare hilltop”) +? -man, in the sense of a creature carrying a hill on its back. The word dod is from dod (“to clip, cut or lop off”), from Middle English dodden (“to shave, shear; to trim (a plant); to poll (cattle); to cut off (someone's head)”), from dod, dodde (“measure of grain”), from Old English.

The surveyor sense appears to be based on a misconception by English amateur archaeologist and author Alfred Watkins (1855–1935) in his book The Old Straight Track (1925).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?dm?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?dm?n/
• Hyphenation: dod?man

Noun

dodman (plural dodmans or dodmen) (East Anglia, dialectal)

1. A land-based snail.
2. A snail's shell.
3. Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.
4. (rare, possibly erroneous) A surveyor.

Related terms

• hodmandod

References

Further reading

• dodman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “dodman” in the Collins English Dictionary, retrieved 14 August 2017

Anagrams

• odd man

English

Etymology

From hod +? man.

Noun

hodman (plural hodmen)

1. A bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod.

Synonyms

• hod carrier
• hoddie

Translations

Anagrams

• Donham