grayback
Americannoun
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any of various marine and aquatic animals that are dark gray above and light-colored or white below, as the gray whale, the alewife, certain whitefish, and certain sandpipers.
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Informal. a Confederate soldier.
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Origin of grayback
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He had now a pretty clear idea of what a "grayback" was.
From Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran by John McElroy
But they soon let up, and presently sent back a solitary prisoner, about as forlorn, dilapidated looking a specimen of grayback as could be imagined.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by R. E. McBride
His eyes traveled up the great rock—in whose cave his companions lay sleeping; as they gained the top of that old grayback, they were confronted by two other eyes—mere twinkling points of flame!
From A Scout of To-day by Isabel Hornibrook
The silence that followed the words of the boy was broken by Quantrell's old grayback.
From A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine
We found everything in fine order upon our return, and it was very evident that Cagey had taken good care of the house and Hal, but Billie grayback had taken care of himself.
From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe
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