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

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

The mossback was wide awake now, and he muttered something about "another of those pesky porkies."

From Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals by Hulbert, William Davenport