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dogfaces

dogfaces is the plural of dogface.

Meaning of dogface

Noun

dogface (plural dogfaces)

  1. (US, slang) A foot soldier, especially during World War II.
    • Yass. I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry.1962, Joseph Commings, “The X Street Murders”, in The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, published 2006
  2. (derogatory, slang) An ugly person.
    • Near-synonyms: pigface, horseface
    Synonyms:
    pigface, horseface
  3. Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene.

Questions about dogfaces

What is dogfaces the plural of?
Dogfaces is the plural of dogface.

Words near dogfaces in the dictionary

  1. dogettes
  2. dogey
  3. dogeys
  4. dogeza
  5. dogface
  6. dogfaces
  7. dogfall
  8. dogfalls
  9. dogfennel
  10. dogfennels
  11. dogfight

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