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n. - A serious and sedate individual.

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  • "sobersides," as Mary Bertram sometimes called their graver discussions.
  • 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. "
  • As you might suspect, ol 'sobersides has deep thoughts on the subject.
  • Manila, while we sobersides and the family groups gathered under the awnings.
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