Antonyms for old sod

Grammar : Noun

Definition of old sod

As in land : noun earth's surface; ownable property
As in ground : noun earth, land

Example sentences :

I had been looking for some one from the old sod for several days, but I was in good hopes that it would be my poor Uncle.
Extract from : « The Underground Railroad » by William Still

He sat stupefied for a while, then arose, and taking his violin with him, stole out into the old sod stable.
Extract from : « A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays » by Willa Cather

All the despotism in the world will never crush out of the Irish heart the love of home—the adoration of the old sod.
Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll

He can ask more questions in a minute than any man from the old sod could ask in five.
Extract from : « The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam » by Everett T. Tomlinson

No more charming romance of the old sod has been published in a long time.
Extract from : « The Shadow of Victory » by Myrtle Reed

And they're all goin' back to the old sod whin navigation closes—in about two weeks.
Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson

I'll feed 'em mate three times a day again' the time they take the ship for the old sod.
Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson

Our lives are in danger whin they find out they've got to wark a wind-jammer across to the old sod.
Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson

He finds work in factories, for he still shuns the soil, much as he professes to love the "old sod."
Extract from : « Our Foreigners » by Samuel P. Orth

Those who leave Ireland commonly become all the more attached to it: they get to love the old sod all the more intensely.
Extract from : « English As We Speak It in Ireland » by P. W. Joyce

Synonyms for old sod

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