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Originally Posted by avantman42
I don't know the name "Pillsbury". I know "Doughboy" as a slang term for American infantrymen, but had no idea that it came from a brand name.
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It doesn't - it long predates it. The name "doughboy" for American soldiers dates from the Mexican-American war of the 1840s, possibly from dust-covered soldiers being perceived to have an appearance resembling the local adobe (mud-brick) buildings. The "Doughboy" brand, according to Wikipedia, dates only from 1965.