sourball

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sour·ball

(sour′bôl′)

A round piece of hard tart candy.

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sourball

(ˈsaʊəˌbɔːl)

(Cookery) a tart-flavoured candy

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sour•ball

(ˈsaʊ^ərˌbɔl, ˈsaʊ ər-)

n.

1. a round piece of hard candy with a tart fruit flavoring.

2. Informal. a chronic grouch.

[1895–1900]

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sourball - round piece of tart hard candy

hard candy - candy that is brittle; "you can break a tooth on that hard candy"

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She thinks it's because she ate a sourball. Sure, Gracie, that's it.

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The lemon chicken, when it arrived, was so heavy on the lemon that it was more like a sourball candy with a neon-yellow sauce than a lightly-flavoured chicken dish.

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I saw Moose Moryn playing centerfield, letting go a wad of yellow spittle as big as a sourball as he flagged down Dropo's long fly ball.