doughface (plural doughfaces)
(pejorative) a person, especially a politician, who is pliable, moldable like dough.
In the years leading up to the United States Civil War, "doughface" was used to describe Northerners who espoused sympathies with the Southern Slave Power. This would most likely be a Northern Democrat who was more allied with the ideology of Southern Democrats than that of the majority of Northerners.
• douchefag
Source: Wiktionary
Dough"face`, n.
Definition: A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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