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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

Only a sorehead would fuss about too much celebration of the idea of home during the festive winter season.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twenty is twenty, Jack, and the boss is a sorehead to-day anyhow.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold




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