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sorehead

[sawr-hed, sohr-] / ˈsɔrˌhɛd, ˈsoʊr- /


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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

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




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