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
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
I also have sympathy for the mossback particularly because he is the man that needs attention.
From Chapters in Rural Progress by Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech) Butterfield
