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dog⋅face

[dawg-feys, dog-]
–noun Older Slang.
an enlisted man in the U.S. Army, esp. an infantryman in World War II.

Origin:
1940–45; dog + face
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dog·face   (dôg'fās', dŏg'-)   
n.   Slang
A U.S. Army foot soldier, especially in World War II.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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dogface

  1. n.
    an infantry soldier. (World War II. Also a term of address.) : Get those dogfaces over here on the double.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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