Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A farmer.
Wiktionary
- n. informal an agricultural labourer or farmer
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who operates a farm
Etymologies
- sod + buster (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Review of the sodbuster and swampbuster provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 and drought conditions in Minnesota and upper Midwest: Hearing before ... second session, June 24, 1988, Moorhead, MN by United States.”
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Water crisis in Iraq brings failed crops, sandstorms and scorched earth
“With the stoicism of a sodbuster and the optimism of youth, Tirrel isn't about to bail out.”
“Here one could strike a sodbuster and circle a section of land without more obstacles than a few buffalo chips.”
““A goddamn sodbuster can never be dead enough to suit me.””
“A goddamn sodbuster can never be dead enough to suit me.”
“Every day in Calgary, I went about my business, never knowing who was a sodbuster transplant.”
“Most intelligent cities would see a better way and leaders like Mark Scott would be run out of town. sodbuster:”
“Since Deere's sodbuster turned worthless land into highly valuable land, one might argue that he was entitled to a rather liberal percentage of the increased wealth.”
“They do not have the best interests of the country in mind. sodbuster:”
“Why does the CT print nutball letters like the one from Harold Krech? sodbuster:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sodbuster’.
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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Enter the Rustics
A fanfare for the Common Man. Words for rustics, yokels, and woolhats of all sorts.
woolhat, yokel, rustic, hucklebuck, hick, redneck, bogan, goober, hayseed, bumpkin, countryman, peasant and 70 more...
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Nightmare Alley
From the novel by William Lindsay Gresham
geek, mark, rubber, calliope, booze-fool, rummy, the horrors, the crawling snakes, equalizer, bubbies, grubstake, softshoe and 99 more...
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hazel
dimbox, flatwheeler, egg harbor, clothesline, whiskbroom, let's blouse, crabhanger, shifter, snugglepup, petting party, finale hopper, hiphound and 61 more...
Tweets
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minouchette an undertaker Oct 8, 2010