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doughboy

Nickname for a US infantry soldier in the two world wars, especially World War I.



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Chips character who seems like a cross between the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Energizer Bunny, and who is given to regular outbursts of iambic pentameter.
The History Boys by McCormick, Patrick / U.S. Catholic
He implied, but never stated, that he was there in the trenches, with Leo himself, creating wonderful characters such as Tony the Tiger and the Pillsbury Doughboy.
Credit where credit is due, but sometimes tall tales are told by Mendelsohn, Neal / Los Angeles Business Journal
Volume One presents the experiences of American doughboys in and near the Marne Salient in 1918, drawing extensively upon primary sources and personal testimonies, and illustrated with black-and-white drawings and photographs on virtually every page.
American Battlefields Of World War I Chateau-Thierry - Then and Now ... by Small Press Bookwatch
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