Associations to the word «Greyback»
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Wiktionary
GREYBACK, noun. (historical) (US) (colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
GREYBACK, noun. (dated) A louse.
GREYBACK, noun. A local name for various grey birds.
Dictionary definition
GREYBACK, 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.
GREYBACK, noun. A dowitcher with a grey back.
GREYBACK, noun. A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
Wise words
Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.