doughfoot

[ doh-foot ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural dough·feet [doh, -feet], dough·foots.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of doughfoot¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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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For some reason it seems that mud and water and war always go together, so since the days of the Axe, stone, M I, the doughfoot has always had a rough time with his wet feet.

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