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a term applied, at the origin, to a subdivision of the Democratic party in Ohio; supposed to comprise all the old “fogies,” as opposed to the “kids” or younger element, and now extended to mean old-time politicians and people out of touch with the progress of the times; an extreme conservative branch. (A vivid allusion to the “moss-back”, which is an alligator turtle, with a growth of moss-like algae on its back).
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1. ONE.OF.THE.MEANEST.MEN.IN.TOWN_ CHICAGO.IL SATURDAY_ 61-0429B E-41
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Caught the attention of all the people as he turned and straightened himself. "Hmmm!" Self-righteous Pharisee, hypocrite, church member, that's the meanest rascal I know of, is an old moss-back make-believer. He's meaner than all the prostitutes and teen-age racketeers there is in the country. He will drive people farther from God than everything else, every barroom there is on the street.
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