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
Says Kitchin: "I'm a conservative, but not a mossback."
From Time Magazine Archive
To the passengers, most railroaders are mossback operators who neglect service while engaging in a never-ending round of raising fares, chopping schedules and eliminating branch lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Then again, perhaps you noticed that the old mossback headed downstream; and so the chances are the fish might be scared away for some distance."
From Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat by St. George Rathborne
