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Why were american soldiers nicknamed doughboys?
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Why were american soldiers nicknamed doughboys?

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because the brass buttons on their uniforms looked like the flour dumplings or dough cakes called "doughboys", or because of the flour or pipe clay which the soldiers used to polish their white belts.
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