doughfoot

American  

[doh-foot] / ˈdoʊˌfʊt /

noun

Informal.

doughfeet, plural doughfoots plural

1. an infantryman in the U.S. Army, especially in World War II.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• doughfeet
  plural
• doughfoots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of doughfoot

1940–45; dough + foot, perhaps blend of doughboy and foot soldier

Example Sentences

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To many a doughfoot it must have seemed that the Germans were reacting slowly, that a rather big push was already on.

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To the wet, cold, tired doughfoot slogging endlessly up Italian mountains and across Italian rivers, it was a welcome but temporary sight.

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Before the council lay Douglas MacArthur's report that the U.S. doughfoot would have to come and come fast to South Korea if the high-sounding words of 24 hours before were to have any meaning.

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This compares to around $2,700 for the American doughfoot.

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The U.S. tanks splashed across the stream while doughfeet swarmed across the bridge's torn girders.

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The first day's assault on Triangle went badly, and the 7th's doughfeet were pinned on the steep, sandy slopes.

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In the fighting lines, the numbed and miserable doughfeet had no such comfort.

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When the doughfeet got on top, they found nothing alive but a few wounded and half-starved North Koreans, abandoned by their comrades.

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To the doughfoots of the 29th Infantry, who had to clean it up, it was quite a pocket.

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Georgie Patton wanted Bettendorf taken, but the doughfoots of the 4th had stopped at the bank of the 50-yard stream.

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