soddie

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