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DOUGHBOY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread
Example:
the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("doughboy" is a kind of...):
friedcake (small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An American infantryman in World War I
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("doughboy" is a kind of...):
foot soldier; footslogger; infantryman; marcher (fights on foot with small arms)