Soddie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Soddie is a noun meaning (US, Canada, informal) A house constructed from blocks of sod, once common in the prairies of the United States and Canada.
Meaning
(US, Canada, informal) A house constructed from blocks of sod, once common in the prairies of the United States and Canada.
Example Sentences
I learned how to make a soddie into a home.
It is better now that we do not live in the soddie, but to Mor it does not seem better.
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.
“Living in a soddy!” exclaimed Marie. “I didn't know there was anyone alive today who lived in a soddy. In our part of Nebraska, soddies went out of existence around the beginning of the 1900s.” “Oh, we had soddies for a long time after that,” said Robert. “This area was too poor to afford lumber for housing. Quite a few of us lived in soddies when we were kids.”
Word Forms
- soddies
- soddy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soddy, barrabkie, sodbuster, flag, sord, sodder.
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