doodgooi, noun

/ˈduətxɔɪ/, /ˈdʊətxɔɪ/
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AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans doodgooi, doodgooier a dumpling, dood dead + gooi throw (+ agential suffix -er).
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A jocular name for dumplings, or for heavy bread or cake which has failed to rise.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 150Doodgooi,..A jocular name for a dumpling. It has been taken over by the Kaffirs in the form i Dodroyi, the r being gutteral.
1973 C. Davenport Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)I never bake cakes when Marion’s at home; mine are just doodgooi beside hers.
1975 M.J. McCoy Informant, Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern CapeSorry, but we’re only getting doodgooi for eats tonight.
1977 F.G. Butler Karoo Morning 91She did not take the trouble to mix yeast into her batch of dough the evening before, with the result that her baking was sad — real doodgooi.
1977 F.G. Butler Karoo Morning 142Sandstone is like white bread samidges. Comes in layers, you see...But ironstone is like ‘doodgooi’: solid and same all through.
A jocular name for dumplings, or for heavy bread or cake which has failed to rise.
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