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A slab of grass you can roll, throw, or curse at someone.
means A piece of turf cut with its roots and soil intact, or a British insult for an annoying person.
from From Middle Dutch sode, meaning turf cut for fuel or building, long before lawns became status symbols.
Sod housesFrontier settlers built homes from stacked grass bricks.
Sod offBritish dismissal rooted in older crude slang.
Live turfSod must be laid within hours or dies.