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‘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

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  1. 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
  2. n. a dowitcher with a grey back
  3. n. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
  4. 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 n. a dowitcher with a grey back n. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere