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doughboys

doughboys is the plural of doughboy.

Meaning of doughboy

Noun

doughboy (plural doughboys)

  1. (US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
    • The "dough boys" were loaded into army wagons drawn by mules, and with the cavalry at the flanks the relief column started.1901 July 19, “Horses in time of War”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 10, page 296
  2. A kind of flour dumpling.
  3. Frybread.

Questions about doughboys

What is doughboys the plural of?
Doughboys is the plural of doughboy.

Words near doughboys in the dictionary

  1. doughballs
  2. doughbelly
  3. doughbird
  4. doughbirds
  5. doughboy
  6. doughboys
  7. doughed
  8. dougher
  9. doughers
  10. Dougherty
  11. Dougherty County

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