grayback
has definitions from the fields of zoology,military,work,politics
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[ noun ] (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
Synonyms Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)`` Now I lay me down to sleep , The gray-backs o ' er my body creep ; If they should bite before I wake , I pray the Lord their jaws to break '' `` . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) a dowitcher with a gray back
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[ noun ] (zoology) sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
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