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
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
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
Rausch's six-month rule may strike some as draconian, but the bishop is no mossback.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again the mossback appeared in the doorway, shivering a little in his night-shirt.
From Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals by Hulbert, William Davenport
