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sourball

[ souuhr-bawl, sou-er- ]
/ ˈsaʊərˌbɔl, ˈsaʊ ər- /
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noun
a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
Informal. a chronic grouch.
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Origin of sourball

First recorded in 1895–1900; sour + ball1

Words nearby sourball

soupspoon, soup-to-nuts, soup up, soupy, sour, sourball, sourberry, source, source book, source code, source document
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How to use sourball in a sentence

  • Ralph Addington degenerated into what Honey described as "the human sourball."

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