soddie

noun

1. (Canada, US, informal)A house constructed from blocks of sod, once common in the prairies of the United States and Canada.

   “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.”

   “I learned how to make a soddie into a home.”

   ““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.””

   “It is better now that we do not live in the soddie, but to Mor it does not seem better.”