old sod

noun — 2 senses

old sod

noun

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:

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