greyback

greyback
noun /ˈɡɹeɪbak/
a) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).

...to resist the farther advance of the greybacks.

b) A louse.

Sheridan managed to keep the graybacks at bay while he tore up the railroad, but he abandoned the plan to link up with Hunter, and the southerners soon repaired the railroad.


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