A discontented, “disgruntled” person.
1862. [He] sed it done very well for some sore-hed Dimmycrat, but that Whittiur could write one [a poem] on ’tother side that this would not be a primin to..—Seba Smith, ‘Letters of Major Jack Downing,’ April 29.
1862. What will the “soreheads” say now?—Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Oct. 16.
