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A dowitcher with a gray back
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grayback
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer ; superl. Grayest .] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.] any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, ...
Wikipedia
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Grayback is a general name given to several species of fish from North America, such as the alewife , cisco and Menominee whitefish .
WordNet
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n. `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms [syn: Rebel , Reb , Johnny Reb , Johnny ] a dowitcher with a gray back [syn: Limnodromus ...
Wiktionary
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n. (alternative spelling of greyback English)
Usage examples of grayback.
To that end, Ah am prepared to pledge this unit in common cause with our grayback brethren.
Navy man, he had, until the grayback pressed it on him, wanted to smash his face: not only was he an officer, he was a decorated officer.
Union standard-bearer was alone, and grayback infantry were pointing their rifles at him.
In Shreveport, the headquarters of the Confederate Army of the West, Lieutenant General Kirby Smith, the third of that auspicious surname to be involved, worried and fretted, but could not release General Taylor and his thin Louisiana division to the attack until the scattered grayback Army of the West could be collected from its far-flung posts and concentrated against the advancing Union Army.
After the two armies had murdered each other for four or five days in the Wilderness, by fighting so close together that much of the time you could almost shake hands with the Graybacks, both hauled off a little, and lay and glowered at each other.
I tell you that as sure as there is a God who reigns and judges in Israel, before the Spring breezes stir the tops of these blasted old pines their Confederacy and all the lousy graybacks who support it will be so deep in hell that nothing but a search warrant from the throne of God Almighty can ever find it again.
Australians to cut off the sleeves of their graybacks at the shoulder, thus making the shirt look like a loose kind of gymnasium vest.
She wore the crisp uniform and peaked cap of the Graybacks and her eyes were openly scornful.