Literary notes about Divot (AI summary)
The term “divot” is portrayed in literature with a broad range of nuances that span both the literal and the figurative. In many texts, it denotes a physical piece of turf or a chunk of earth removed by an impact, such as when describing a well-struck golf ball leaving behind a mark on the ground [1] or the sizable clod dislodged by a club-head [2]. Beyond the sporting context, the word frequently emerges in descriptions of rustic or regional settings—appearing in the construction of cottages [3, 4, 5] and even as a perch or seat in rural scenes [6, 7]. Its usage also extends to colloquial expressions and local dialects, where it may serve as a colorful metaphor or be playfully manipulated in idiomatic turns of phrase [8, 9, 10].
- As it was it entered the ground two feet behind the ball and emerged, with a superb divot, just in front.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 by Various - I saw nothing but a shower of mud and a huge divot hurled up by the club-head as the wrists relaxed to save breaking the shaft.
— from John Henry SmithA Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Frederick Upham Adams - DIVET, DIFFAT, DIVOT, s. a thin oblong turf used for covering cottages and mud walls.
— from Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24 - Divot , thin turf used for roofing cottages.
— from The PirateAndrew Lang Edition by Walter Scott - DIVOT, thin turf used for thatching cottages.
— from Redgauntlet: A Tale Of The Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott - The house is Gland's;—there you may see him lean, And to his divot-seat invite his frien'.
— from The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy by Allan Ramsay - The old shepherd was sitting on his divot-seat, without the door, mending a shoe.
— from The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 2 of 2) by James Hogg - He took the "divot aff o' her lum" and pitched it half way down the brae, at the back of the cottage.
— from Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald - o' yill did Pate offer me; but Mattie gae us baith a drap skimmed milk, and ane o' her thick ait jannocks, that was as wat and raw as a divot.
— from Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Walter Scott - “I sha'n't see nice, sweet, unscarred green sod again for a long time,” he said, digging up a huge divot with unconscious irony.
— from Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton
