E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Greycoats.
Russian soldiers of the line, who wear grey coats.
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“You might think of him thus calm and collected charging his rifle for one more shot at the advancing greycoats.”—Besant and Rice: By Celia’s Arbour, chap. xlv.
