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doughface

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noun U.S. History.

a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.

a congressman from a northern state not opposed to slavery in the South.

Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; dough + face

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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