Some attribute this nickname to the resemblance between military uniform buttons and dumplings, while others say that it stemmed from soldiers' habit 
Some attribute this nickname to the resemblance between military uniform buttons and dumplings, while others say that it stemmed from soldiers' habit of using flour to keep their white belts looking clean. Rarely heard today, it was most commonly applied in the era of the First World War. For ten points, what was this word for American soldiers, which shares its name with a pudgy, giggly spokescharacter?
Some attribute this nickname to the resemblance between military uniform buttons and dumplings, while others say that it stemmed from soldiers' habit of using flour to keep their white belts looking clean.
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