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dough⋅face

  [doh-feys]
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–noun U.S. History.
1. a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
2. a congressman from a northern state not opposed to slavery in the South.
Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; dough + face
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dough·face   (dō'fās)   
n.  A Northerner who sided with the South in the U.S. Civil War, especially a member of Congress who supported slavery.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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