old sod
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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
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
Perhaps the Chartist movement may have ripped up the old sod and prepared the soil for the later peaceful growth; but in itself it accomplished nothing for which it was undertaken.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders by John Lord
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