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

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

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

The mossback sees perhaps clearly enough these changes, but he does not understand their meaning, nor does he know how to meet them.

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