old sod

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, sod (person).

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounold sod (plural old sods)

plural old sods · alternative ould sod · alternative auld sod

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, sod (person).
  2. IrelandUSThe 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
Cite this entry
APA

old sod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20sod

MLA

“old sod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20sod. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “old sod,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20sod.

Source: old sod on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.