Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A US Army foot soldier, especially in World War II.
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- noun A generic name for a
foot soldier , especially duringWorld War II .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then on his first day of school, when the teacher calls on him, “May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?”
Child abuse, or most awesome dad ever? | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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They are not going to send a dogface on a mission to extract this Ivan … ?
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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There's plenty of tear-jerking classic holiday film fare to tune to to turn on the water works and give your sad puppy dogface a stimulating burn.
Sal Cataldi: The Holiday Breakup: A Perfect Diet? Sal Cataldi 2010
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There's plenty of tear-jerking classic holiday film fare to tune to to turn on the water works and give your sad puppy dogface a stimulating burn.
Sal Cataldi: The Holiday Breakup: A Perfect Diet? Sal Cataldi 2010
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“Brother Jonah said, ‘They are not going to send a dogface on a mission to extract this Ivan …’”
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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Their opinion was that it was a far better gig than be a dogface, as they had been.
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There are made-to-order sacks made of changing types of dogface skin, encompassing crocodile skin, which is the hugely useful.
Aftermath: The Calm After the Storm BikeSnobNYC 2010
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“Brother Jonah said, ‘They are not going to send a dogface on a mission to extract this Ivan …’”
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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He assured his wife that his comrades felt the same: "Every dogface over here has a sweetheart, wife, mother, or a child that he is fighting for."
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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They are not going to send a dogface on a mission to extract this Ivan … ?
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
mollusque commented on the word dogface
Citation at dackel.
June 13, 2009
amacleod03 commented on the word dogface
A U.S. Army foot soldier, especially in World War II.
The term gained a high profile when it was used in the Hollywood film, To Hell and Back, based on the best-selling autobiography of Audie Murphy, and starring the same. The film included a song, “The Dogface Soldier.�?
July 11, 2009