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doughboy
(-bo̵i′)
noun
- a boiled dumpling
- ☆ Informal a U.S. infantryman, esp. of WWI
See doughboy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A piece of bread dough that is rolled thin and fried in deep fat.
- An American infantryman in World War I.
Origin:
Origin: Sense 2, perhaps from the large buttons on American uniforms of the 1860s, said to resemble doughboys (sense 1)
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