SINCE 1828
doughface
noun
dough·face
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Definition of doughface
: a Northern congressman not opposed to slavery in the South before or during the American Civil War
also
: a Northerner sympathetic to the South during the same period
Other Words from doughface
dough-faced
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adjective
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adjective
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