sorehead
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sorehead
1840–50; compare Scots sorehead a headache
Example Sentences
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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
He started with a clean record, free from "sorehead" enemies in his own party or organized opposition from the Republicans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The "sorehead" reference, as readers of our "High School Boys Series" will recall, had to do with Dodge and Bayliss, ere they had been chased out of Gridley High School.
From The High School Boys' Fishing Trip by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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