doughy

From dough +‎ -y.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊˌi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊi/
• Rhymes: -əʊi

doughy (comparative doughier, superlative doughiest)

1. Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as
   1. Pale and flabby,
   2. Soft and heavy.
   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 60:

     Sweat bee life begins as an egg laid on or near its doughy pollen mass.

doughy (plural doughies)

1. (slang, archaic) A baker.
   • 1873, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, page 698:

     The manufactory of sugar is generally in German hands. An attempt has, I believe, been made by Parisian “doughies” to establish a footing in London; […]