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Greyback

//ˈɡɹeɪbak// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms). US, colloquial, countable, historical, uncountable

    "...to resist the farther advance of the greybacks."

  2. 2
    a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere wordnet
  3. 3
    A Confederate States dollar during the US Civil War. US, colloquial, countable, historical, uncountable
  4. 4
    a dowitcher with a grey back wordnet
  5. 5
    A louse. countable, dated, uncountable

    "It is alleged by the defendant that there were scabs and greybacks in it, and that it did not come up to the quality of No. 1 slate as contracted for."

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  1. 6
    ‘Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; ‘greyback’ derived from their grey Confederate uniforms wordnet
  2. 7
    Any of various grey birds. countable, regional, uncountable
  3. 8
    A kind of paperboard with a smooth white surface on one side and a grey surface on the other side. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From grey + back.

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