sodbuster
/ˈsɑdˌbʌstər/
noun
- A farmer or settler who plows the soil, especially on the Great Plains of the United States.
- Many sodbusters faced harsh conditions on the prairie.
- My great-grandfather was a sodbuster who homesteaded in Kansas.
- The sodbuster worked from dawn to dusk to prepare the land for crops.
- A type of plow designed to break up tough prairie sod.
- Before planting, they pulled the sodbuster across the field.
- The farmer used a heavy sodbuster to turn the thick grass roots.
- The old sodbuster hung in the barn as a reminder of earlier days.
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