mossback

Example Sentences

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In true mossback fashion, he bought a plot of land on a particularly damp section of the island because he loved the rain.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Rausch's six-month rule may strike some as draconian, but the bishop is no mossback.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a starter, the government bought out mossback electric companies, built dams, strung transmission lines, and thus provided the electricity that powers today's boom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Kitchin: "I'm a conservative, but not a mossback."

From Time Magazine Archive

Old mossback, he get in hole, an' hide a week.

From Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat by Rathborne, St. George