Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural A sobersided person.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sedate or serious person.

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  • noun US A serious and sedate person

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a serious and sedate individual

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Examples

  • "sobersides," as Mary Bertram sometimes called their graver discussions.

    Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School L. T. Meade 1884

  • I figure the cult developed because the king has to have all-stops-out orgies fairly often, if he's to stay the kind of sobersides we need for a leader. "

    The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • I figure the cult developed because the king has to have all-stops-out orgies fairly often, if he's to stay the kind of sobersides we need for a leader. "

    The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • Change will not be cosmetic, not just swapping a dapper smile for an old sobersides.

    Kill The Pig .....humanely Newmania 2007

  • Change will not be cosmetic, not just swapping a dapper smile for an old sobersides.

    Archive 2007-10-07 Newmania 2007

  • So old sobersides George is scary -- which is a no no; and young bland Evan is a pretty boy -- which is a no no: what do you want, lady?

    I call Barack Obama to account for picking another bland, midwestern pretty boy. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Alone, it might seem like pandering, and I'm sure some sobersides will think it is pandering.

    Jill Scott's Evolution Is 'The Real Thing' 2007

  • As you might suspect, ol 'sobersides has deep thoughts on the subject.

    Sacred Love 2003

  • And although she certainly didn't have a reputation for being an old sobersides-quite the opposite, in fact-she had enough common sense to realise that displays of pique such as she had demonstrated today would not do her reputation, personal or otherwise, any good at all.

    Consultant Care Wirdnam, Sharon 1996

  • First, though, I must be presented to Hardinge, who was with him at dinner, a plain-faced, tight-mouthed sobersides with the empty cuff of his missing left hand tucked into his coat.

    Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

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