Meanings
nounsourbelly (plural sourbellies)
plural sourbellies
- A cantankerous person.
You are an old sourbelly this evening. What's the matter? — John Dos Passos, Michael Clark, Streets of Night (1990)
- alternativeAlternative spelling of sowbelly.
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)
Origin
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APA
sourbelly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sourbelly
MLA
“sourbelly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sourbelly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sourbelly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sourbelly.
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