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doughboy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher |
doughboy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | friedcake |
the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.
Examples of doughboy
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The original doughboy, made of plaster and foam rubber, cost $16,000 to produce.
From the forbes.com
Then, left alone for a minute, he fed the doughboy to the old parrot in his cage.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
About 140 doughboy statues are thought to exist today, most of them made of cast bronze.
From the kentucky.com
A worldly Broadway actress lets a folksy doughboy court her and marries him before he ships out.
From the post-gazette.com
Wheeler wants to be an actor, but ends up a doughboy in France.
From the denverpost.com
Tirone, a former Morehead State University art professor, said the doughboy now is ready to return home.
From the kentucky.com
We ended up attacking the Pillsbury doughboy.
From the nytimes.com
He never fashioned his doughboy physique into NFL condition and he departed without ever playing in a real game.
From the stltoday.com
Buckles also happens to be the last surviving doughboy, yet another distinction for a man who was able to join the Army at just 16.
From the cnn.com
- An American infantryman in World War I
- A rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread; "the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut"
- Doughboy is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
- The Spirit of the American Doughboy is a pressed copper sculpture by E. M. Viquesney, designed to honor the veterans and casualties of World War I. ...
- (The doughboys) The Doughboys (New Jersey) are an American rock band from Plainfield, New Jersey. The band originally formed when three members of The Ascots, Richard X. ...
- (The Doughboys) Doughboys were a Canadian alternative rock band that were active in the late 1980s and early/mid 1990s. The band was renowned for its musical blend of punk and pop-style melodies.
- (doughboys) United States infantrymen, especially of World War I. Here, Brinker's father uses the word to describe the World War II recruits he sees at Devon.
- (US) Also a US Army soldier - this term is almost exclusively used in the context of World War I
- Simple dumplings made of flour and animal fat.
