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mossybacks

mossybacks is the plural of mossyback.

Meaning of mossyback

Noun

mossyback (plural mossybacks)

  1. (US, informal) A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
  2. (US, historical, informal, obsolete) Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”).
    Synonyms:
    mossback
  3. (US, obsolete) A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.
  4. (US, obsolete) The menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium.

Questions about mossybacks

What is mossybacks the plural of?
Mossybacks is the plural of mossyback.

Words near mossybacks in the dictionary

  1. Mossy Point
  2. mossy saxifrage
  3. mossy saxifrages
  4. mossy stonecrop
  5. mossyback
  6. mossybacks
  7. mossycup
  8. mossycups
  9. mossys
  10. most
  11. most an end

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