sour tooth meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

sour tooth

noun

Etymology By analogy with sweet tooth.

Idiomatic, Uncommon A liking for foods that are sour.

Robin and Jay Brown weren't the kind of kids to be caught with their hands in the cookie jar — they each had a sour (sometimes a half-sour) tooth, and pilfered pickles instead of desserts.1997 April 14, “Deep in a Pickle on the Upper West Side”, in New York, volume 30, number 13, page 26:
Use about an equal weight of sugar (or less, if you've got a sour tooth), top with your favorite crumble or sweet biscuit topping and bake2014, Tricia Cornell, The Minnesota Farmers Market Cookbook: A Guide to Selecting and Preparing the Best Local Produce with Seasonal Recipes from Chefs and Farmers, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 59:

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Fruits are sweet! I hate anything sweet! I have a sour tooth.2015 November 16, Kaivallya Dasu, “Boulder Clearing”, in Enchantress of Elektra, Partridge Publishing India, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Idiomatic, Rare Someone with a liking for sour foods.

Some "sour-tooths" prefer a sweet, non-acid fruit to an acid non-sweet one, while others do not.1944, Journal of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture: