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- noun Plural form of
clod .
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Examples
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The earth will dry in clods, and give you great trouble.
Gardening by Myself 1872
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A subsequent wetting of the clods, which is not sufficient to expand it to its former condition, will not entirely obliterate the cracks, and the next drying will be followed by new fissures within the clods themselves; and a frequent repetition of this process will make the network of fissures finer and finer, until the whole mass of the soil is divided to a pulverulent condition.
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βIt cannot be your duty to comply with so unreasonable, so irrational a restriction: you may have a parent living, to whom your filial piety might be of some avail while you are rendering this fanciful homage to her who is insensible and unknowing as the clods of the valley.β
Redwood 1824
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As respects the _elegance_ of this translation, there is good reason to warn the reader -- that much of the Odyssey was let off by-contract, like any poor-house proposal for 'clods' and 'stickings' of beef, to low undertakers, such as Broome and Fenton.
Theological Essays and Other Papers β Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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They started by throwing all the dirt clods they could find at each other, then progressed to hitting their opponents with fists before they finally took up sticks and stones to begin killing each other for real.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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In the major earth-moving reconstruction of the enclosed basement of the YMCA, gangs of boys had mock wars, hurling clods of clay at each other and shouting.
Anis Shivani: Exclusive: Beat Poet Michael McClure On Jim Morrison, The Doors, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac Anis Shivani 2011
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McCool began flinging huge clods of earth at him which landed in the sea, forming a causeway so they could meet and have a face-off.
Barbara Barton Sloane: Northern Ireland, Where It's Easy Being Green Barbara Barton Sloane 2011
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Married rolls off the tongue with the thud of dirt clods falling on a casket.
Steve Cooper: In Search of a New Word for 'Married' Steve Cooper 2010
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McCool began flinging huge clods of earth at him which landed in the sea, forming a causeway so they could meet and have a face-off.
Barbara Barton Sloane: Northern Ireland, Where It's Easy Being Green Barbara Barton Sloane 2011
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The hispanics that have a work ethic and clean up after these clods?
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