doughboy
/ˈdəʊbɔɪ/noun
1
- a boiled or deep-fried dumpling汤团; 油炸面团。
2
- US informal a United States infantryman, especially one in the First World War〈美, 非正式〉（尤指第一次世界大战时的）美国步兵。
- ORIGIN: said to have been a term applied in the Civil War to the large globular brass buttons on the infantry uniform; also said to derive from the use of pipe clay 'dough' to clean the white belts worn by infantrymen.