sods

Noun (1)

sod (countable and uncountable, plural sods)

1. (uncountable) The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
   • She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
2. (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
   • The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
3. (countable) A piece of this.
   • In Walachia, green sods are laid on the window-sills and on the lintels of the doors to avert the uncanny crew [i.e. witches].1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 338

Noun (2)

sod (plural sods)

1. (Ireland, UK, dated, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
   • The Empire, in particular, was always thick with sods: they strolled side-by-side with the gay girls of the promenade, or stood, in little knots, exchanging gossip, comparing fortunes, greeting one another with flapping hands and high, extravagant voices.1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 207
2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, mildly, slang, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
   • You mean old sod!
3. (Ireland, UK, mildly, vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
   • I don’t care a sod.

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