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

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

South Carolina's grumpy, mastiff-faced old Ellison DuRant Smith may be the Senate's No. 1 mossback, but South Carolina loves him still, treasures him as a precious relic.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The mossback is the man who tries to use the old methods under the new conditions; he is not "up" with the present times, but "back" with the old times.

From Chapters in Rural Progress by Butterfield, Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech)