A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”).
Senses relating to animals.
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 someth...
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