lobsterbacks

• Troops were dispatched to overawe Boston, but the angry Bostonians hooted and hissed the "lobsterbacks," as the redcoats were derisively styled, and in 1770 provoked them to actual bloodshed--the so-called "Boston Massacre Sidenote: Lord North, Prime Minister, 1770 At this crucial moment, King George III chose a new prime minister, Lord North, a gentleman of wit, ability, and affability, unfailingly humorous, and unswervingly faithful to the king. —  A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
• "Turn out, you lobsterbacks!" one would say. —  Grandfather's Chair
• "Fire, you lobsterbacks!" bellowed some. —  Grandfather's Chair
• Troops were dispatched to overawe Boston, but the angry Bostonians hooted and hissed the "lobsterbacks," as the redcoats were derisively styled, and in 1770 provoked them to actual bloodshed -- the so-called "Boston —  A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.

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