mossyback

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noun

Plural noun:

mossybacks

1.
(US, informal)A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
Đồng nghĩa: conservative, reactionary, retrograde, traditionalist
2.
(US, historical, informal, obsolete)Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”).
Đồng nghĩa: mossback
3.
Senses relating to animals.

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Đồng nghĩa

conservativereactionary retrograde traditionalist mossback

Cùng gốc / liên quan

mossybackedmossy-backedmossybacked, mossy-backed

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Nguồn gốc từ

From mossy + back (in sense 2 (“person who stayed hidden to evade conscription during the American Civil War”) probably a variant of mossback, which is attested earlier), alluding to someone or something that is so old or has remained so unmoving that it is as if moss has grown on them or it.