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
Hart knows that he would risk a sorehead image if he were to push that challenge personally at the convention.
From Time Magazine Archive
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You're a sorehead because Heiny turned you down and now——" "Move on there!" snapped Miss Fink, "or I'll call the steward to settle you.
From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber