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
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
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
He can be a grumpy old sod, actually.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2013
I mind, when I was a little fellow in the old sod, my mother gathering wild flowers from the hedges and putting them all round the ribbon of my straw hat.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
