as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed
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This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
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“Mossback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mossback. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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