graybacks

He knew that Grayback was a nickname for Rebel soldiers and that Confederate notes were dubbed graybacks as a twist on President Lincoln’s new fiat money, greenbacks.

Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003

A wan light played upon the heaving "graybacks" outside the mouth of the harbor.

Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point Alice B. Emerson

Frank would have gladly declined this latter kindness with thanks, as he was conscious that the quantity of "graybacks" his clothing contained did not make him a very desirable sleeping companion for any one, but his friends were so pressing that he was compelled to accede.

Andersonville — Volume 3 John McElroy 1887

Frank would have gladly declined this latter kindness with thanks, as he was conscious that the quantity of "graybacks" his clothing contained did not make him a very desirable sleeping companion for any one, but his friends were so pressing that he was compelled to accede.

Andersonville John McElroy 1887

Gates was recommended by the graybacks of the MIC.

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Aunties and pups, bachelors and graybacks, their whiskers quivered as they stared at him.

Reiffeins Choice 2006

The battle emblem was later incorporated into the flag, but not until mid 1863, more than a year after the graybacks beat a hasty retreat out of Arizona.

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We had all we could do -- the two of us -- handlin 'the wheel with them old graybacks huntin' us.

Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper

We broke these in in jig time and looked down a thirty-foot hole on a dug-out full of graybacks.

A Yankee in the Trenches Robert Derby Holmes

It was the habit of the Australians to cut off the sleeves of their graybacks at the shoulder, thus making the shirt look like a loose kind of gymnasium vest.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett