old sod

Example Sentences

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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

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

Meanwhile he promised to "fit the leddy with the tastiest garden off the old sod!"

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood