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ALL meanings of doughface

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  • noun doughface a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War. 1
  • noun doughface a congressman from a northern state not opposed to slavery in the South. 1
  • noun doughface (pejorative) a person, especially a politician, who is pliable, moldable like dough. 1
  • noun doughface a mask made of dough 0
  • noun doughface someone who is easily moulded, esp a Northern Democrat who sided with the South in the American Civil War 0
  • noun doughface in the Civil War, a Northerner who sided with the South on the slavery issue 0
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