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Meanings of greyback in English
Portuguese
johnny rebel `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms.
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correlimos gordo A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
Usage of greyback in English
1
Look at this set of ivory, and these claws, old greyback!
2
Back in 1935, the land down under had a major problem with the greyback cane beetle annihilating Queensland sugar cane crops.
3
With a jolt of terror, James realized that it was the infamous Fenrir Greyback, the werewolf.
4
I have summoned you from your post for the same reason I have dismissed Narcissa, Greyback, and Lucius' son.
5
[Illustration: Westcott's rifle broke the frozen stillness of the woods, and old greyback turned a summerset and went down.
Frequent collocations
Greyback through the time