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old sod

British  

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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Mr Williams said: "I'm just a stubborn old sod and I'm not going to give in. I would appreciate it if anybody said to me 'you were right and we were wrong'."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

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

Dominic Fifield: The constant chopping and changing of kick-off times, which admittedly makes me sound like a grumpy old sod.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2017

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

Faith, me boy, such innocence Ive never seen since I left the old sod.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward

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