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doughboy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun doughboy has 2 senses
- doughboy(n = noun.person) Array - an American infantryman in World War I; Array is a kind of foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher
- doughboy(n = noun.food) Array - a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread; "the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut" is a kind of friedcake
OXFORD DICTIONARY
doughboy, n.
1 a boiled dumpling.
2 US colloq. a United States infantryman, esp. in the war of 1914-18.
1 a boiled dumpling.
2 US colloq. a United States infantryman, esp. in the war of 1914-18.
THESAURUS
doughboy
Anzac, Aussie, Boche, Fritz, GI, Heinie, Hun, Jerry, Johnny, Kraut, Tommy, Tommy Atkins, Yank, askari, digger, jock, poilu, redcoat, sepoy, swaddy
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