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noun - `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War

noun - a dowitcher with a grey back

noun - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

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A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
A louse.
A local name for various grey birds.
US. Any of several wading birds especially the (red) knot, Calidris canutus, in winter plumage. Now historical.
English regional and US. The (greater) scaup, Aythya marila. Now rare.
United States regional. A louse. Also figurative. Now archaic and historical.
US. More fully "greyback whale". The grey whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
English regional. More fully "greyback crow". The hooded crow, Corvus corone cornix. Compare grey crow. Now rare.
A member of a military or police force whose uniform includes, or consists of, a grey coat specifically (US informal) a soldier of the Confederate army in the American Civil War (18615). Compare greycoat, "grey". Now archaic and historical.
US. A monetary note issued by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Compare "blueback", "greenback". Now historical.

Greyback description
The Confederate States of America dollar was first issued just before the outbreak of the American Civil War by the newly formed Confederacy. It was not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after the war, on the prospect of Southern victory and independence. * As the war began to tilt against the Confederates, confidence in the currency diminished, and the government inflated the currency by continuing to print the unbacked banknotes. By the end of 1863, the Confederate dollar (or "Greyback", to distinguish it from the then-new "Greenback" paper US dollar, which was likewise put into circulation during the war) was quoted at just six cents in gold, and fell further still. * The Greyback is now a prized collector's item, in its many versions, including those issued by individual states and local banks. The various engravings of leading Confederates, gods and goddesses and scenes of slave-life, on these hastily printed banknotes, sometimes cut with scissors and si

Greyback description

The Confederate States of America dollar was first issued just before the outbreak of the American Civil War by the newly formed Confederacy. It was not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after the war, on the prospect of Southern victory and independence.
* As the war began to tilt against the Confederates, confidence in the currency diminished, and the government inflated the currency by continuing to print the unbacked banknotes. By the end of 1863, the Confederate dollar (or "Greyback", to distinguish it from the then-new "Greenback" paper US dollar, which was likewise put into circulation during the war) was quoted at just six cents in gold, and fell further still.
* The Greyback is now a prized collector's item, in its many versions, including those issued by individual states and local banks. The various engravings of leading Confederates, gods and goddesses and scenes of slave-life, on these hastily printed banknotes, sometimes cut with scissors and si

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