doughfoot

[ doh-foot ]

noun,plural dough·feet [doh-feet], /ˈdoʊˌfit/, dough·foots.Informal.
  1. an infantryman in the U.S. Army, especially in World War II.

Origin of doughfoot

1
1940–45; dough + foot, perhaps blend of doughboy and foot soldier

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