sodbustern.

Etymology: < sod n.¹ + buster n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsodbuster.

North American (western).

A term, chiefly opprobrious, for a farmer, farmworker, or homesteader in a cattle-grazing region, esp. one who ploughs virgin grassland.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farmer in grazing lands

nester1850

sodbuster1922

1922 R. Stead Neighbours 126 Between your fine words I figger that you pick up a dollar now an' again by tottin' these tenderfoot sod-busters out over the bald-headed.

1927 C. Sandburg Amer. Songbag 89 Its tune was familiar to the lonely ‘sodbuster’.

1958 H. B. Allen in Publ. Amer. Dialect Soc. xxx. 11 The persistence of sodbuster and soddy as not necessarily opprobrious designations of the new settlers [in North Dakota].

1970 Alberta Hist. Rev. Summer 9/2 The one small cloud on this otherwise sunny horizon was the would-be farmer, or as he was more inhospitably known to the cattlemen—the ‘sodbuster’ or ‘nester’.

1979 Guardian 24 Mar. 12/1 The conflicts between sodbusters and cattle~men.

Derivatives

ˈsodbusting n. ploughing virgin grassland; farming.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun]

eartheOE

earingOE

ploughing1374

fallowing1426

labouragec1475

ardagh1483

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arder1581

waining1585

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aration1663

bouting1733

breast-ploughing1754

prairie-breaking1845

sodbusting1965

1965 G. Shepherd West of Yesterday x. 72 We owned cows and found that ranching was more attractive than sodbusting.

1972 G. Beine Land of Coyote 85 (heading) Sod busting a new field.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sodbuster
释义	sodbustern. Etymology: < sod n.¹ + buster n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsodbuster. North American (western). A term, chiefly opprobrious, for a farmer, farmworker, or homesteader in a cattle-grazing region, esp. one who ploughs virgin grassland. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farmer in grazing lands nester1850 sodbuster1922 1922 R. Stead Neighbours 126 Between your fine words I figger that you pick up a dollar now an' again by tottin' these tenderfoot sod-busters out over the bald-headed. 1927 C. Sandburg Amer. Songbag 89 Its tune was familiar to the lonely ‘sodbuster’. 1958 H. B. Allen in Publ. Amer. Dialect Soc. xxx. 11 The persistence of sodbuster and soddy as not necessarily opprobrious designations of the new settlers [in North Dakota]. 1970 Alberta Hist. Rev. Summer 9/2 The one small cloud on this otherwise sunny horizon was the would-be farmer, or as he was more inhospitably known to the cattlemen—the ‘sodbuster’ or ‘nester’. 1979 Guardian 24 Mar. 12/1 The conflicts between sodbusters and cattle~men. Derivatives ˈsodbusting n. ploughing virgin grassland; farming. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] eartheOE earingOE ploughing1374 fallowing1426 labouragec1475 ardagh1483 eara1500 fallowa1500 arder1581 waining1585 stitch1600 caruage1610 furrow1610 till1647 aration1663 bouting1733 breast-ploughing1754 prairie-breaking1845 sodbusting1965 1965 G. Shepherd West of Yesterday x. 72 We owned cows and found that ranching was more attractive than sodbusting. 1972 G. Beine Land of Coyote 85 (heading) Sod busting a new field. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1922
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