Mossback

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  • noun. An extremely conservative or old-fashioned person.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An old sluggish fish.
  • noun. An old turtle with a growth of algae on its back.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A large and old fish, as a bass: so called by anglers, in allusion to the growth of seaweed, etc., which may be found on its back.
  • noun. In United States politics, one attached to antiquated notions; an extreme conservative.
  • noun. In the southern United States, during the civil war, one who hid himself to avoid conscription.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A turtle that, because of its age, has a growth of algae on its back.
  • noun. A very conservative or reactionary person, especially one with old-fashioned views.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an extremely old-fashioned conservative
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