Plural of grayback; multiple body lice or Confederate soldiers.
The plural form of grayback, formed by adding the standard English -s ending. Both meanings (lice and soldiers) use this plural form depending on historical or entomological context.
The term graybacks perfectly captures how language reflects what bothered people most—soldiers were so plagued by lice that the insects got a name that's now a historical record of their suffering!
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