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doughboy

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
    US
  2. A kind of flour dumpling.
  3. Frybread.

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Examples

The "dough boys" were loaded into army wagons drawn by mules, and with the cavalry at the flanks the relief column started.”
The miser, a-seeking lost gelt, / The doughboy, awaiting the battle, / May possibly know how I felt / While the long years dragged by as the dealer / As slow as the slowest of dubs, / Stuck out the last helping of tickets / 'Till I liftedthe Bullet of Clubs!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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