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  • noun Plural form of doughball.

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Examples

  • Reader Howard Mark ( "Brass Tacks," June) mentioned a story that took place on Venus, involving "doughballs," and asked if any other "old-timer" recognized it.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • Of course, the good times can't go on forever, or even for five minutes before the doughballs-in-waiting proudly bring their new monarch a nice big glowing ball of the one thing that can kill their new monarch...

    Archive 2009-01-01 Brian Hughes 2009

  • Of course, the good times can't go on forever, or even for five minutes before the doughballs-in-waiting proudly bring their new monarch a nice big glowing ball of the one thing that can kill their new monarch...

    Krypto Fascist Brian Hughes 2009

  • I portioned out the doughballs and frozen them and I'm going to bring one to work tomorrow to bake off so my boss can try it.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Randi 2008

  • I portioned out the doughballs and frozen them and I'm going to bring one to work tomorrow to bake off so my boss can try it.

    Marcy's Legendary Choc. Chip Cookies...... Randi 2008

  • The sauce was the same watery, flavor-less marinara that had accompanied the doughballs, only with ground beef thrown in, and though we had asked for penne pasta, it seems the cooks in the kitchen hadn't competely rinsed out the colander from the previous order.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • The sauce was the same watery, flavor-less marinara that had accompanied the doughballs, only with ground beef thrown in, and though we had asked for penne pasta, it seems the cooks in the kitchen hadn't competely rinsed out the colander from the previous order.

    Johnnie's New York Pizzeria - One Would Think 2007

  • I grew up with the fried doughballs called zeppoles at Italian street fairs of New York.

    You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2004 » September 2004

  • I grew up with the fried doughballs called zeppoles at Italian street fairs of New York.

    You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » SF Bay trip, part 2 2004

  • "The Lotus Eaters" is another in that series, which mentions the doughballs parenthetically.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

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