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noun
A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.
In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who espoused sympathies with the Southern Slave Power, especially a Northern Democrat who was more allied with the ideology of Southern Democrats than that of the majority of Northerners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
A face that resembles dough in its appearance or color; a face that is bloated, pale or plump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, derogatory, obsolete
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History
From dough + face.
