Meaning of MOSSBACK
| Pronunciation: | | 'mos`bak
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| | Definition: | | [n] an elderly man |
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| | Synonyms: | | antique, gaffer, old geezer, oldtimer, old-timer |
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| | See Also: | | graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah, old man | |
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| | Definition: | | \Moss"back`\, 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. [Political Slang, U.S.]
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| | Related Terms: | | antediluvian, antique, back number, backwoodsman, bumpkin, clodhopper, conservationist, conservatist, conservative, dad, diehard, dodo, elder, fogy, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, granny, has-been, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, laudator temporis acti, longhair, matriarch, Methuselah, mid-Victorian, old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old school, old woman, old-timer, patriarch, pop, pops, provincial, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, rightist, right-winger, square, standpat, standpatter, starets, stick-in-the-mud, traditionalist, ultraconservative, yokel |
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