- 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 Source: wordnet
- 2. n. a dowitcher with a grey back Source: wordnet
- 3. n. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere Source: wordnet
- 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 Source: ecdict
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