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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mossback  \Moss"back`\,  n. 
  A  veteran  partisan;  one  who  is  so  conservative  in  opinion 
  that  he  may  be  likened  to  a  stone  or  old  tree  covered  with 
  moss.  [Political  Slang,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mossback 
  n  :  an  elderly  man  [syn:  {old-timer},  {gaffer},  {old  geezer},  {antique}] 




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