mossback
Informal.
a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary.
a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
an old turtle.
Angling. a large and old fish, as a bass.
a wild bull or cow.
Origin of mossback
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How to use mossback in a sentence
"I know that sort of crazy old mossback," muttered Welton as he turned down the mountain.
The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward WhiteTwo or three miles away was a little clearing where a mossback lived.
Forest Neighbors | William Davenport HulbertAgain the mossback appeared in the doorway, shivering a little in his night-shirt.
Forest Neighbors | William Davenport HulbertBut the asset side of our "mossback's" yearly balance sheet always made the liability side ashamed of itself.
Skookum Chuck Fables | Skookum Chuck (pseud for R.D. Cumming)The mossback, who according to popular belief hid himself in the woods until moss grew on his back, might or might not be a tory.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama | Walter L. Fleming
British Dictionary definitions for mossback
/ (ˈmɒsˌbæk) /
an old turtle, shellfish, etc, that has a growth of algae on its back
informal a provincial or conservative person
Derived forms of mossback
- mossbacked, adjective
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