sorehead
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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
The bar rolled merrily along until midsummer, when a sorehead entered the equation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Oh, well," Dick interrupted, "let us admit that some of the fellows on the sorehead list have never been in jail, and have never been threatened with it.
From The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock