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A familiar diminutive of John.

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  1. n. A familiar diminutive of John.
  2. n. A sculpin.
  3. n. ‘Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; ‘greybackderived from their grey Confederate uniforms
  4. 1. A familiar diminutive of John. 2. (Zoöl.) A sculpin. [Local cant] Johny Crapaud (, a jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively.
  5. A sculpin. [Local cant] Johny Crapaud (, a jocose designationof a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively.
  6. 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