Soddie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A house constructed from blocks of sod, once common in the prairies of the United States and Canada. Canada, US, informal

    "The soddie could be a freestanding structure made of slabs of sod cut by a plow, or it could be a dugout partially bored into the side of a hill or into the ground."

Example

More examples

"The soddie could be a freestanding structure made of slabs of sod cut by a plow, or it could be a dugout partially bored into the side of a hill or into the ground."

Etymology

From sod + -ie.

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