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Definition of Sod house
1. Noun. A house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sod House
Literary usage of Sod house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1902)
"Practically nothing of an informational nature has been written about the sod
house, hundreds of which still exist to shelter families and school children ..."
2. Annabel: And Other Poems by Ellen Palmer Allerton (1885)
"A LOW sod house, a broad green prairie, And stately ranks of bannered corn;— 'Twas
there I took my dark-eyed Mary, And there our darling boy was born. ..."
3. The Church at Home and Abroad by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, General Assembly (1889)
"... sod house IN DAKOTA. followers of Jesus in the woods of Michigan who may rise
up in judgment to condemn us. Hear him: "I never knew the blessedness of ..."
4. The Home Missionary by American Home Missionary Society, Congregational Home Missionary Society (1889)
"A sod house may also have plastered walls an a well-laid floor. Rooms are formed
of sod or board partitions. As i costlier dwellings, the comfort and ..."
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