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dogface

noun
dog·​face | \ ˈdȯg-ˌfās How to pronounce dogface (audio) \

Definition of dogface

: soldier especially : infantryman
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Examples of dogface in a Sentence

during World War II journalist Ernie Pyle gained fame for his sympathetic reports on the wartime experiences of the common dogface

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 He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami. — Alex Butler, miamiherald, "For 66 years, he has lived on this block, now named for the World War II veteran," 28 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use of dogface

1932, in the meaning defined above

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