old sod
Example Sentences
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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
Smith and his partners plan to shore up the old sod house, and they’d like to start using the barn to host community events.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2020
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
It makes a boy who was brought up in an Irish ward in America feel like he was at home to mix with British soldiers who come from the old sod.
From Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
