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Johnny Reb
[ reb ]
noun
- U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- a native or inhabitant of the southern U.S., especially of one of the former Confederate states; southerner.
Johnny Reb
noun
- informal.(in the American Civil War) a Confederate soldier
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Origin of Johnny Reb1
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Origin of Johnny Reb1
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Example Sentences
So Johnny Reb sits, in 13 pieces, in Boykin’s yard, 150 feet off the road, waiting for somebody to put him back together again.
So when a petition with 100 signatures went to the board last summer demanding the removal of the Johnny Reb statue in front of the courthouse on Main Street, the supervisors were open to changing how Greensville County tells its history.
How does Perry go North with the shopworn baggage of Johnny Reb superiority and an unapologetic evangelical paternalism?
"Johnny Reb" would think; and not infrequently, he would talk.
That day, too, Gram had "mug-bread," and for supper pones made into Johnny-reb toast.
This is old Rube, nigh onto ten, mighty strong, but as balky as a Johnny Reb hisself.
Our boys would cry out, "Halloo, Johnny Reb., did you get enough of the valley?"
Johnny Reb's silk coat shone now with sweat, but his pace was sedate.
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