Crossword-Solution: MOSSBACK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mossback | 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. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “MOSSBACK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| old turtle, shellfish, etc, that has a growth of algae on its back | 1 answer |
| Reactionary, informally | 1 answer |
| Extreme conservative: Colloq. | 1 answer |
| Any arch conservative. | 1 answer |
| Behind-the-times politico. | 1 answer |
| Extreme conservative | 3 answers |
| fogram | 12 answers |
| Old fogy | 18 answers |
| Dodo | 25 answers |
| Time-worn | 29 answers |
| Hoary | 30 answers |
| antediluvian | 33 answers |
| Noachian | 40 answers |
| Fogy | 42 answers |
| Reactionary | 48 answers |
| Rustic | 57 answers |
| Square | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MOSSBACK (5)
Still, comments such as the "Han Solo" wisecrack at the 1999 LinuxWorld have only reinforced the Stallman's reputation in the software industry as a disgrunted mossback unwilling to roll with political or marketing trends.
And I record the fact that I wanted to go home with Sallie and Cousin Martha and the babies and--and live under the roof of the Mossback forever.
But, just as suddenly, a vision came into my mind of the long table across the road at Widegables, with the Mossback seated at one end with only two or three of his charges stretched along the empty sides to keep him company.
Think of the old Mossback being a progressive thing like that! I laughed out loud at the idea--but the echo was dismal.
And then suddenly it came over me in a great warm, uplifting, awe-inspiring rush that a woman who takes on herself voluntarily the responsibility of marrying a poet and an orator and a mystic, who is the complete edition of a Mossback that all those qualities imply, must square her shoulders for a long, steady, pioneer march through a strange country.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1951–2004).