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old sod

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noun

  1. informal one's native country

    back to the old sod

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And he himself was not unaware of his reputation - he once described himself as a "cantankerous old sod".

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2021

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

Golodoff, 6 at the time, recalled running for the shelter of an old sod building as the Imperial troops stormed into the town.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2014

And they're all goin' back to the old sod whin navigation closes—in about two weeks.

From The Grain Ship by Morgan Robertson

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