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Mossyback
Meaning
Noun
●
A person with
old-fashioned
views
; hence, one who is very
conservative
or
reactionary
; a mossback.
●
In American Civil War, People & Herrings:
Synonym of
mossback
(“a person who
stayed
hidden
to
evade
conscription
(especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”)
●
In Fishing & Herrings:
Senses
relating
to animals.
A
fish
that is large and
old
, especially one that has
algae
growing on
its back; a mossback.
●
In Herrings:
Senses
relating
to animals.
The
menhaden
,
mossbanker
, or
mossbunker
, a
marine
fish
of the
genus
Brevoortia or Ethmidium.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Conservative
Reactionary
Retrograde
Traditionalist
Mossback
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