A US regional variant name for frybread — that beloved deep-fried dough found at fairs, powwows, and family gatherings across parts of America. Whether you call it frybread, dough gob, or dough goddy, the result is the same: golden-brown fried dough that's crispy outside and pillowy inside. The 'goddy' suffix gives it an endearing, homespun quality that speaks to its comfort-food status in communities where the term is used.
She came back from the fair with powdered sugar all over her shirt from eating a dough goddy.
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(US) A form of frybread.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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