doughboy

[ doh-boi ]

/ ˈdoʊˌbɔɪ /

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noun

Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.

a rounded mass of dough, boiled or steamed as a dumpling or deep-fried and served as a hot bread.

Origin of doughboy

1675–85; dough + boy; sense “infantryman,” from mid-1860s, is obscurely derived; two plausible, but unsubstantiated claims: doughboy originally referred to the globular brass buttons on infantry uniforms, likened to the pastry; dough referred to a clay used to clean the white uniform belts

Words nearby doughboy

douchebag, Doug, dough, doughbelly, dough bird, doughboy, doughboys, Dougherty wagon, doughface, doughfoot, dough hook

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Example sentences from the Web for doughboy

I was in a base hospital one day when a doughboy came in all gory about the head.
The A.E.F.|Heywood Broun
"Here y'are, try this," cried the old man, tossing him a large piece of doughboy.
While the Billy Boils|Henry Lawson
However, he was compelled to leg it at the point of an American bayonet in the hands of an American doughboy.
The War Romance of the Salvation Army|Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill
When the doughboy wanted eggs, for instance, he wanted them badly, and that was all there was to it.
Average Americans|Theodore Roosevelt

With all the panegyrics on the American doughboy during and since the war, not enough has been said or can ever be said about him.
A Jewish Chaplain in France|Lee J. Levinger

British Dictionary definitions for doughboy

doughboy

/ (ˈdəʊˌbɔɪ) /

noun

US informal an infantryman, esp in World War I

dough that is boiled or steamed as a dumpling

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单词	doughboy
释义	doughboy [ doh-boi ] / ˈdoʊˌbɔɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR doughboy ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I. a rounded mass of dough, boiled or steamed as a dumpling or deep-fried and served as a hot bread. Origin of doughboy 1675–85; dough + boy; sense “infantryman,” from mid-1860s, is obscurely derived; two plausible, but unsubstantiated claims: doughboy originally referred to the globular brass buttons on infantry uniforms, likened to the pastry; dough referred to a clay used to clean the white uniform belts Words nearby doughboy douchebag, Doug, dough, doughbelly, dough bird, doughboy, doughboys, Dougherty wagon, doughface, doughfoot, dough hook Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for doughboy I was in a base hospital one day when a doughboy came in all gory about the head. The A.E.F.\|Heywood Broun "Here y'are, try this," cried the old man, tossing him a large piece of doughboy. While the Billy Boils\|Henry Lawson However, he was compelled to leg it at the point of an American bayonet in the hands of an American doughboy. The War Romance of the Salvation Army\|Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill When the doughboy wanted eggs, for instance, he wanted them badly, and that was all there was to it. Average Americans\|Theodore Roosevelt With all the panegyrics on the American doughboy during and since the war, not enough has been said or can ever be said about him. A Jewish Chaplain in France\|Lee J. Levinger British Dictionary definitions for doughboy doughboy / (ˈdəʊˌbɔɪ) / noun US informal an infantryman, esp in World War I dough that is boiled or steamed as a dumpling Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to doughboy infantrymen, doughboys, grunts, shock troops, dogfaces, serviceperson
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doughboy

noun

Origin of doughboy

Words nearby doughboy

Example sentences from the Web for doughboy

British Dictionary definitions for doughboy

noun

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