greyback : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: greyback	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyback n `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 Synonym(s): Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback a dowitcher with a grey back Synonym(s): greyback, grayback, Limnodromus griseus a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Synonym(s): knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus