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Definition of Sorehead
1. Noun. Someone who is peevish or disgruntled.
Definition of Sorehead
1. n. One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.
Definition of Sorehead
1. Noun. A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sorehead
1. a person who is easily angered or offended [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sorehead
1. A disease of sheep on high mountain ranges during the summer caused by larvae of the filarial worm, Elaeophora schneideri, which localise chiefly on the head, causing intense itching and loss of wool. Synonym: sorehead. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorehead
Literary usage of Sorehead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lights and Shadows of Life on the Pacific Coast by Samuel D. Woods (1910)
"The "sorehead" replied, "I think it's a fake; no darned kid of a ... The "sorehead"
did not wait for more, but staggering to his feet started post-haste for ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forestry in Hawaii (1917)
"sorehead OB CHICKEN POX. The susceptibility of young chicks to the inroads of
sorehead constituted in times past probably the most serious drawback to the ..."
3. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1914)
"sorehead Again. Mr. GE Bateman, of Lake Alfred, Florida, writes: "I noticed in
this department a short time ago a query from EDD, calling for a ..."
4. Third Party Movements Since the Civil War, with a Special Reference to Iowa by Frederick Emory Haynes, State Historical Society of Iowa (1916)
"He is described as a typical "sorehead" who "was kept in office by the Republican
party for twelve or fifteen years, and a part of the time held two offices ..."
5. Duplicate Copy of the Souvenir from the Afro-American League of Tennessee to by James Mitchell Ashley (1894)
"Among the silly campaign charges brought against usr is that every man who is
supporting Greeley is a sorehead and a disappointed man. [Laughter. ..."
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