sod house

a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used especially by settlers on the Great Plains, when timber was scarce.

Also called soddie, soddy.

Origin of sod house

First recorded in 1825–35

sod disease, soddy, Söderblom, Södertälje, sodger, sod house, sodic, sodio-, sodium, sodium amide, sodium ammonium phosphate

Winter passed very monotonously with us in the sod-house at Crane Valley.
The Mistress of Bonaventure|Harold Bindloss
Two days later Roberts delivered his man to the deputy sheriff who had charge of the sod-house jail in the little town.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine
The back door of the sod-house opened, and through the night stillness floated the faint strumming of a guitar.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine
The ground had been frozen for five months, so sod-house building had been temporarily abandoned.
The Conquest|Oscar Micheaux

The door of the sod-house had opened, and the Ranger and his prisoner stood in front of it.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine

单词	sod house
释义	sod house noun a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used especially by settlers on the Great Plains, when timber was scarce. Also called soddie, soddy. Origin of sod house First recorded in 1825–35 Words nearby sod house sod disease, soddy, Söderblom, Södertälje, sodger, sod house, sodic, sodio-, sodium, sodium amide, sodium ammonium phosphate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sod house Winter passed very monotonously with us in the sod-house at Crane Valley. The Mistress of Bonaventure\|Harold Bindloss Two days later Roberts delivered his man to the deputy sheriff who had charge of the sod-house jail in the little town. Oh, You Tex!\|William Macleod Raine The back door of the sod-house opened, and through the night stillness floated the faint strumming of a guitar. Oh, You Tex!\|William Macleod Raine The ground had been frozen for five months, so sod-house building had been temporarily abandoned. The Conquest\|Oscar Micheaux The door of the sod-house had opened, and the Ranger and his prisoner stood in front of it. Oh, You Tex!\|William Macleod Raine
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