sorehead

1. (derogatory, US, political slang) A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.Examples: "In most of these areas there was improvement between 1920, the year of the second Farmer-Labor ballot and the last election in which the coalition was able to use sorehead tactics, and the special senatorial election of 1923."; "Officials walked a tightrope because disappointed voters could join or, if need he, form an opposing coalition, and they could cozy up to "soreheads" who were encouraging merger with Chicago."; "2007, Bessie Louise Pierce, A History of Chicago, Volume III: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893, page 341, Despite the opposition of professional politicians of unsavory reputation and men the Tribune described as “irresponsible soreheads,” the Medill ticket swept into office with a flatteringly large vote."UScountablederogatoryuncountable

2. (uncountable) Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri; elaeophorosis.Examples: "And sometimes, the bugs themselves are the predators, the killers and consumers of elk. I think of the green-headed horsefly and its bloody conspirator, the sorehead roundworm—Elaeophora schneideri."; "2012, D. G. Pugh, N. (Nickie) Baird, Sheep and Goat Medicine, unnumbered page, Elaeophora schneideri is a filarial nematode that has been reported primarily in wildlife species in the western United States, including mule deer and bighorn sheep. Elaeophorosis (sorehead) is uncommon in sheep and goats."Synonyms: elaeophorosis, filarial dermatitisuncountable

3. (uncountable) Fowlpox.Examples: "Sorehead is a prevailing trouble in Hawaii, but I am convinced that much sorehead, if not all of it, can be averted if we keep our chicks off the ground until they are at least three months old."; "1922, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Agricultural Dept, Annual Report of the Agricultural Department, Volume 4, page 103, The two principal causes of death among chicks has been sorehead and coccidiosis."; "Such ailments as sorehead and pip also took their toll. Children learned early not to throw watermelon rinds where the chickens could peck them: pecking watermelon rinds gave chickens sorehead."uncountable