Soddie

Origin

From sod + -ie.

Alternative forms

• soddy

Full definition of soddie

Noun

1. (US, Canada, informal) A house constructed from blocks of sod, once common in the prairies of the United States and Canada.
• 1988, Glenda Riley, The Female Frontier, soddies%22&dq=%22soddie|soddies%22&hl=en&ei=eZKETumxM-X6mAWqyd0Z&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBzgK page 87,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.
• 1995, Julie Garwood, Prince Charming, soddies%22&dq=%22soddie|soddies%22&hl=en&ei=eZKETumxM-X6mAWqyd0Z&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBDgK page 247,I learned how to make a soddie into a home.
• 2004, Marie Kramer, Grandchildren of the Pioneers, soddies%22&hl=en&ei=eZKETumxM-X6mAWqyd0Z&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22soddie|soddies%22&f=false page 56,“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.”
• 2010, Brenda K. Marshall, Dakota, Or What's a Heaven For, soddies%22&hl=en&ei=eZKETumxM-X6mAWqyd0Z&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=%22soddie|soddies%22&f=false unnumbered page,It is better now that we do not live in the soddie, but to Mor it does not seem better.