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sourbelly

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cantankerous person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of sowbelly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Examples

  • 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)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sour + belly.