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greyback

Meaning

noun

`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
a dowitcher with a grey back
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

Synonyms for greyback

Rebel
Reb
Johnny Reb
Johnny
grayback
Limnodromus griseus
knot
Calidris canutus

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