"conservative," 1874, especially of poor whites from Carolina, originally (1872) in reference to those who hid out to avoid service in the Confederate army (and would have stayed out till the moss grew on their backs); from moss + back (n.).
双语例句
1. I enjoy appearing to be a mossback. People expect so little from you.
我倒乐意看起来像一个思想落伍的人, 那样人们就不会指望你什么了.
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2. The undershell tilted and swayed beneath llf now as the mossback started forward.
