mossback[noun]Synonyms: rustic, backwoodser, backwoodsman, bumpkin, clodhopper, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, provincial, yokel, fogy, antediluvian, fogram, fossil, fuddy-duddy, mid-Victorian, moldy fig, square, stick-in-the-mud
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
moss·back (môs
băk
, m
ŏs
-)
n.► An old shellfish or turtle with a growth of algae on its back.
► An old, large, or sluggish fish.
► An extremely conservative or old-fashioned person.
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