sod house

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noun

a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used especially by settlers on the Great Plains, when timber was scarce.

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Also called soddie, soddy.

Origin of sod house

First recorded in 1825–35

And as he did so, he regarded the spot where the sod house had once stood and wherein he had spent many happy days.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Here he secured work, saved some money, and bought a homestead in Bradford Township, and erected thereon a sod house.
A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States : From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848|George Tobias Flom
The days crept slowly by, and times grew more and more uncomfortable in the little sod house.
The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories|Various
Two days later Roberts delivered his man to the deputy sheriff who had charge of the sod-house jail in the little town.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine

The back door of the sod-house opened, and through the night stillness floated the faint strumming of a guitar.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine