moss-back noun. ['mɒsbak] N. Amer. L19.
[from MOSS noun + BACK noun¹.]
1. A large old fish. L19.

2. Hist. A person who hid during the American Civil War to avoid conscription for the Southern army. L19.

3. A person attached to antiquated notions; an extreme conservative. colloq. L19.

■ moss-backed adjective (colloq.) very old-fashioned; extremely conservative: L19.

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