old sod
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But the reception doesn’t compare with the overwhelming adoration he’s getting here in the old sod.
From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023
In 2006, he purchased 1,800 acres of property to develop as a luxury golf resort in Scotland, the old sod, his mother’s birthplace.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2019
First, I scraped off the old sod, most of it the color of urine, in hopes of installing a new front yard the gophers could be proud of.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2018
I remember watching him thinking, you crafty old sod, you make it look so easy.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2017
Meanwhile he promised to "fit the leddy with the tastiest garden off the old sod!"
From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood
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