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Definition of Mossback
1. Noun. An extremely old-fashioned conservative.
Definition of Mossback
1. n. A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
Definition of Mossback
1. Noun. A turtle that, because of its age, has a growth of algae on its back. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) A very conservative or reactionary person, especially one with old-fashioned views. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mossback
1. a large, old fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mossback
1. A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mossback
Literary usage of Mossback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters in Rural Progress by Kenyon Leech Butterfield (1907)
"The mossback is a mediaeval survival. The old farmer was in his day a new farmer;
... The mossback is the man who tries to use the old methods under the new ..."
2. The Fairview Idea: A Story of the New Rural Life by Herbert Quick (1919)
"None of the neighbors would call me a mossback to my face, ... I don't consider
myself a mossback. My motto is: Be not the first by whom the new is tried, ..."
3. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1893)
"STANDSTILL : I thought, when I married a mossback, that we should settle down in
the good old ruts, and live a quiet life in Cran- berryville all our days. ..."
4. Memories of Many Men in Many Lands: An Autobiography by Francis Edward Clark (1922)
"The views of " Old Father mossback " on various subjects. 12. "The Everlasting
Arms," 1898. Crowell. A book intended to bring comfort to the distressed. 13. ..."
5. Complete Story of the Martinique and St. Vincent Horrors by William A. Garesché (1902)
"In the '80's, however, a new element had been attracted, which was dissatisfied
with the mossback order of things. It was not sat- isfied to make change ..."
6. The Worth of Words by Ralcy Husted Bell (1903)
"... while incongruous, Monkey busi- is yet expressive and useful. ness mossback
should hardly be classed as mossback slang. Few words are better. ..."
7. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1889)
"This little volume is composed of very brief and very bright letters addressed
by Mr. mossback, who is somewhat incorrectly described in the preface as a ..."
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