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Word: Doughboy
Speech Type: Noun
late 17th century: in doughboy (sense 1). In doughboy (sense 2) it is said to have been a term applied in the American Civil War to the large globular brass buttons on the infantry uniform; it may also derive from the use of pipe clay ‘dough’ to clean the white belts worn by infantrymen
ˈdəʊbɔɪ
a boiled or deep-fried dumpling.
Short Definition:boiled or deep-fried dumpling
a United States infantryman, especially one in the First World War
Short Definition:United States infantryman
Examples:- some 70 local young men went off to serve their country as doughboys
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