Sourbelly

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cantankerous person.

    "You are an old sourbelly this evening. What's the matter? — John Dos Passos, Michael Clark, Streets of Night (1990)"

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of sowbelly. alt-of, alternative

    "Their supplies were down to a dog tent, five plugs of chewing tobacco, four beans, and a slab of sourbelly. — Walter Vaughan, The Life and Work of Sir William Van Horne (1920)"

Example

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"You are an old sourbelly this evening. What's the matter? — John Dos Passos, Michael Clark, Streets of Night (1990)"

Etymology

From sour + belly.

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