sourish

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Duke Vincentio finally returns to square these various accounts, "measure for measure," and give this sourish play an ambiguously happy ending.

From Time Magazine Archive

They have not a balsamic, but mostly a sweetish or sourish flavor.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

They are raised on the bare surface of the rock in some parts of the Hawaiian islands, and a sourish liquor is procured from them.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

It stood open, and from the cool and shadowy interior came a sourish smell of malt liquors and the hum of voices.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon

There it was dark, and one smelled the boards of an old wooden box that stood there, garden loam, and the sourish barberries.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various