johnny_reb
has definitions from the fields of 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
Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Johnny_Rebs from the deep_South who were plagued with diarrhoea after transfer to the Virginia front often informed their families that they were suffering from the `` the Virginia quickstep '' . Related terms |
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