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dough

[doh]

noun

  1. flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.

  2. any similar soft, pasty mass.

  3. Slang.money.



dough

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. a thick mixture of flour or meal and water or milk, used for making bread, pastry, etc

  2. any similar pasty mass

  3. a slang word for money

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • doughlike adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dough1

before 1000; Middle English do ( u ) gh, do ( u ) h, dou ( e ), Old English dāg, dāh; cognate with Dutch deeg, Old Norse deig, Gothic daigs, German Teig
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dough1

Old English 岵; related to Old Norse deig, Gothic daigs, Old High German teig dough, Sanskrit degdhi he daubs; see dairy , duff 1 , lady
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From Lucy’s outward appearance and a quick peek inside Adore’s startup-chic offices, which look as though they’ve been furnished from the expensive side of Wayfair, one would think Lucy is rolling in dough.

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Workers don't like to wake up early to knead dough by hand, Mr Hur says softly.

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Neighbors stopped overlapping at the oven, stopped swapping stories while they waited for dough to rise.

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From the very first scene — hands deep in dough, conversation unfolding not in words but in glances and gestures — the film operates on the quiet assumption that food has always been a bridge between people.

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They say you drive for show and putt for dough but Rory McIlroy's remarkable record at Quail Hollow, the home of this week's second major of the year, suggests otherwise.

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