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
Only a sorehead would fuss about too much celebration of the idea of home during the festive winter season.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sorehead party marches up an' down by the table whar Mike an' the freighter is swappin' lies, schemin' as to how he's goin' to make a warlike hook-up with Mike.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton
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