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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Johnny \John"ny\, n.; pl {Johnnies}. 1. A familiar diminutive of {John}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A sculpin. [Local cant] {Johny Crapaud}, a jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Johnny n : (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms [syn: {Rebel}, {Reb}, {Johnny Reb}, {Johnny}, {grayback}]
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