Why should such gentle hands and feet spend their strength in clod-breaking, when rough ones are at command?. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
Rick Schmidt’s method of cooking shoulder clod is in Peace, Love, & Barbecue. From Wordnik.com. [You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Don’t mess with Texas] Reference
Once more the grub backs into its shell: once more it returns, bringing a second clod, which is prepared and used in the same manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference
You won't find me in clod-hopping man shoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful, Soft, Flowing, Modest, Clothing Depicted in the Art of Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens (1823-1906)] Reference
When a theologian uses the word "clod," it's worth investigation. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Scene] Reference
How becoming is the appearance of what we familiarly term the "clod" in the "Princess"!. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Reviews] Reference
What kind of clod did you think you were dealing with? ". From Wordnik.com. [Another Fine Myth]
I'm no clod-hopper to have you make me appear a rowdy. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
This one exploded a clod of dirt in front of our faces. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
The first clod of earth for the ovens is also dug by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
And the sacred fire within crumble the coarse clay clod. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Dreams Poems] Reference
"Then what's the matter?" inquired the clod at her side. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
I feel the hard clod soften, and the early snowdrops spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Since the first hairst I shore, since the first clod I cuist. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Each person then takes seven clods of earth, and over each clod says. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
I catch the guy, clod clumped, climbing out of a tunnel mouth in my backyard. From Wordnik.com. [Refugees] Reference
"Not a clod altogether yet!" said he, half to himself and half to his brother. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
The clod in his hand broke apart of its own weight: it was not too wet to work. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
What does it matter for one that was a girl and is now no more but a clod in Kilmalieu?. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
One hand was extended over the body, and fell to the earth like a clod of clay as it was. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
Did not Darwin raise eighty seedlings from a single clod of earth taken from a bird's foot?. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference
In high school, I carried a briefcase, the unmistakable hallmark of the clod, and a clod I was. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference
Once he had thought her pretty, but now she looked to him about as attractive as a clod of earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
Tiberius, "You are called 'lords of the earth' without possessing a single clod to call your own.". From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
He looked like an oafish clod, even viewed objectively, and Forrester was making no efforts in that direction. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
Everybody, chillun and all picked up a clod of dirt and throwed in on top the coffin to help fill up the grave. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
The tender loin is the best piece for broiling -- a steak from the round or shoulder clod is good and comes cheaper. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
Mr. Gilbert was unnerved for a moment, and in exasperation picked up a clod and threw it at the offending dog trembling on the terrace. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
The round of beef is the best piece to alamode -- the shoulder clod is good, and comes lower; it is also good stewed, without any spices. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
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