"soursop" = "sourpuss, killjoy", not in OED

[Joel S. Berson]

A Juvenile Yankee Trick.---In the village of New Bedford, the boys
were in the habit of playing at foot ball. [After telling of an
annoyed shopowner who would seize the ball any time it came his way,
and an explosion in his store, the article continues] ... the urchins
who had so often been interrupted in their sport by _soursops_, had
charged their football with gunpowder ...
Rep. Herald.

Greenville Mountaineer (Greenville, SC) [Saturday], [April 16, 1836]; col D

Repeated in New-Hampshire Statesman and State Journal (Concord, NH)
Saturday, December 31, 1836; Issue 34; col E   A long circuit back to
New England.  The Republican Herald is Providence, R.I. (which is
near New Bedford)  It presumably antedates Greenville; but it is only
accessible in 19th C. U.S. Newspapers for 1828.   I cannot determine
from its catalog whether Harvard holds issues for 1836.

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