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greyback

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪbak/Part of speech nounSorted abcegkryStarts with GEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

Word origin

From grey + back.

Used in a sentence

  • ...to resist the farther advance of the greybacks.
  • 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.
  • It is alleged by the defendant that there were scabs and greybacks in it, and that it did not come up to the quality of No. 1 slate as contracted for.

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