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.

First recorded in 1825–35

And as he did so, he regarded the spot where the sod house had once stood and wherein he had spent many happy days.

Here he secured work, saved some money, and bought a homestead in Bradford Township, and erected thereon a sod house.

The days crept slowly by, and times grew more and more uncomfortable in the little sod house.

Two days later Roberts delivered his man to the deputy sheriff who had charge of the sod-house jail in the little town.

The back door of the sod-house opened, and through the night stillness floated the faint strumming of a guitar.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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