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old sods

old sods is the plural of old sod.

Meaning of old sod

Noun

old sod (plural old sods)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, sod (person).
  2. (Ireland, US) The old country; one's place of origin.
    • It was good to be back on the ould sod.1999, Dermot Bolger, Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel

Questions about old sods

What is old sods the plural of?
Old sods is the plural of old sod.

Words near old sods in the dictionary

  1. old skool
  2. Old Slavic
  3. Old Slavonic
  4. Old Slovak
  5. old sod
  6. old sods
  7. old soldier
  8. old soldiers
  9. old song
  10. old songs
  11. old soul

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