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sour 1. made acid or bad, as in the case of milk or alcohol, by the action of microorganisms 2. (esp of the weather or climate) harsh and unpleasant 3. (of oil, gas, or petrol) containing a relatively large amount of sulphur compounds 4. Chiefly US any of several iced drinks usually made with spirits, lemon juice, and ice |
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| The next time she made bread, she scraped this sour stuff down into the fresh dough to serve as yeast. A FOX, seeing some sour grapes hanging within an inch of his nose, and being unwilling to admit that there was anything he would not eat, solemnly declared that they were out of his reach. His mother gave him a cake made with water and baked in the cinders, and with it a bottle of sour beer. |
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