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so⋅ber⋅sides

  [soh-ber-sahydz]
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–noun, plural -sides. (used with a singular verb) Slang.
a humorless or habitually serious person.
Origin:
1695–1705; sober + side 1 + -s 3
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so·ber·sides   (sō'bər-sīdz')   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. verb)
A sobersided person.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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sobersides

  1. n.
    a very serious person; a grumpy old man. : Old sobersides can't manage to laugh at anything.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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