sorehead
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Other writers and players called him a "loudmouth," a "sorehead" and worse.
From Salon ● May 14, 2022
If you are a sorehead because you lost, you shouldn't play.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
"You would look likea sorehead if you didn't," he said.
From Time ● Apr. 12, 2012
Venomously hostile to everything military, it is a complete anthology of sorehead gripes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As for Rucker, who's waitin' on the table an' packin' in viands from the kitchen, he takes it as sullen as a sorehead dog.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton